This is the global concern of the people about the new Coronavirus disease that what we shall not do to prevent Coronavirus. This confusion is created among the peple due to the lots of scams and fake posts available in the internet portals and social medias that says people shall eat this and that, wear this and that or shall do this and that to prevent Coronavirus. Many scammers are spreading fake news about this issues and making people believe on that providing fake instances but we strongly recommend you to look for a reliable source of such information before believing in any kind of buzzes.
As per World Health Organization, the following measures should not be adopted by a person to prevent Coronavirus as they are not effective against COVID-19 and can be more harmful and dangerous for your health:
i. Smoking
ii. Drinking alcohol or alcohol based drinks (instead, use alcohol based sanitizer to clean hands)
iii. Wearing multiple masks
iv. Taking any kind of antibiotics without your doctor’s prescription
Besides, a person shall immediately look for a medical care if they have a Coronavirus symptons i.e fever, cough and difficulty breathing to reduce the risk of developing a more severe infection and be sure to share your recent travel history with your health care provider.
Regardless of believing in any rumors and buzzes spread over the internet platforms, people shall adopt precautionary and safety measures in their daily lifestyle to save themselves, their family as well as their community as a whole.
Please do the following basis precautionary measures to keep yourself and your family and circle safe from Corona Virus:
# Frequently wash hands thoroughly with hand wash or soap and water for at least 20 seconds which can kill viruses that may be on your hands.
# Use sanitizer (alcohol-based) in the unavailability of water and hand wash to help kill the viruses that may be on your hands.
# Do not touch your facial area i.e eyes, nose and mouth to avoid infection. Hands touch many surfaces which can pick up viruses from those surfaces. Once they get contaminated, hands can transfer the virus to your eyes, nose or mouth and allow the virus to enter in your body making to infected.
# Maintain Social distance of at least 1 meter (3 feet) between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing to avoid breathing in the droplets they spray from their nose or mouth which may contain virus if they are Coronavirus infected.
# If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, stay home and call in advance to get the medical attention earlier.
# Stay informed and follow advice given by your healthcare provider, your national and local public health authority or your employer on how to protect yourself and others from Coronavirus.
The best precaution to alert yourself: Always think your hands have a dirt.
It sounds funny but it is the best way to increase your consciousness to prevent yourself from coronavirus. If you think your hand has a dirt then definitely you won’t touch your face or any part of the body as well as anything unnecessarily with that hand. So, keep in mind that your hand is always dirty. If you go outside, and if you touch something then just think you have touched the dirt, then definitely you won’t use that hand to touch anywhere on your body as far as possible and you will rush to wash your hand as soon as possible.
Be Aware:
There are many posts with fake information circulating around social media sites about COVID-19. People shall always follow genuine websites like WHO (www.who.int) to find authentic details.
Believing the wrong information at this alarming moment may turn into blunder in your life. And sharing such wrong post is even worse than anything else could ever be because it could mislead your near and dear ones and society as a whole. So before sharing any post, please make sure that you are getting them from authentic sources and ignore unnecessary articles and posts that are published or posted just to create a myth.
Also, remember that there are numbers of online scam sites that are actively involved in advertising and selling various products like N-95, N-97 masks & other face masks, hand sanitizers, tissues, medicines, etc. in the name of this virus. So we all shall be aware of these scam sites. So, we want to suggest you shop related products only from the renowned online stores like Amazon and so on in order to save yourself from scams. Or, at least do some research before you purchase anything from unknown online stores.
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Think wisely and act carefully. You have a responsibility to protect yourself, your family and your community.
source: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses
