- Spread from contact
- How easily the virus spreads
- Who should be tested
- How to get tested Covid-19
Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water. Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.
Maintain at least 1 metre(3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.Why? When someone coughs or sneezes they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close,you can breathe in the droplets,including the COVID-19 virus if the person coughing has the disease
Why? Hands touch many surfaces and can pick up viruses. Once contaminated,hands can transfer the virus to your eyes,nose or mouth. From there,the virus can enter your body and can make you sick.
Make sure you,and the people around you,follow good respiratory hygiene. This means covering your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately. Why? Droplets spread virus. By following good respiratory hygiene you protect the people around you from viruses such as cold,flu and COVID-19.
Between people who are in close contact with one another(within about 6 feet).
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person. Between people who are in close contact with one another(within about 6 feet). Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes...
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