Effective and Easy Ways to Prevent the Transmission of COVID-19
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Pandemic COVID-19 it has now caused more than one million cases globally and claimed tens of thousands of lives. High level of spread due to unavailability the COVID-19 vaccine make preventive measures the best way to avoid contracting this zoonotic disease.
There are some basic things you can do to reduce the risk of transmitting the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Anything?
An effective way to prevent COVID-19 infection
The number of cases and casualties that continues to increase makes people around the world, including Indonesia, very alert to the development of the COVID-19 outbreak.
What’s more, in Indonesia it has been confirmed that there are two Indonesian citizen who has been infected the virus.
The public has flocked to find out how to prevent COVID-19 from contracting the virus, for example by following these steps:
1. Wash your hands with soap and water
One way to prevent COVID-19 is wash your hands properly. Washing hands is a healthy habit that looks simple, but it can reduce the risk of transmitting a viral infection.
This is because human hands are filled with various kinds of bacteria and viruses, especially when in a crowded place. Spread pathogens can get on your hands and you have a higher risk of transmitting viral infections, such as SARS-CoV-2.
Disease can also be transmitted when you touch an object that has been splashed with the body fluids of a person with the virus. After touching the item, you may unknowingly touch your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
In fact, these three senses can be the ‘main gate’ for viruses and bacteria to enter the body. Therefore, you are advised to wash your hands with running water and soap when your hands are dirty.
Coronavirus is a virus with a protective layer composed of fat. Soap molecules can destroy this layer so that the virus dies. To protect yourself from infection, clean your hands thoroughly 6 steps hand wash for 20-30 seconds.
When traveling, it’s best to always be on hand hand sanitizer with an alcohol content of between 60-95% to kill germs effectively. You can choose hand sanitizer contains aloe vera to keep hands soft. If you have sensitive skin on your hands, keep it allergen-free fragrance perfect for giving extra softness to the skin and keeping hands clean.
2. Reducing contact with sick people
Apart from washing hands, another way to prevent COVID-19 is to reduce contact with people who are sick or have coughs, fevers and sneezing.
This method is highly recommended considering transmission of COVID-19 occurs through droplet, that is, splashes of body fluids when the patient coughs, sneezes, or talks.
Also, when you don’t feel well, try to stay at home and wear a mask if you have to come into contact with other people. Choose the right mask and according to your needs.
That way, you do not pass the viral infection to other people and do not catch the disease when your body is not healthy.
3. Conduct cough etiquette and wear a mask when sick
Many people think that wearing a mask even when in good health is an effective way to prevent COVID-19. In fact, this is not the case.
The use of masks is more effective performed on sick people and health workers who have frequent contact with infected patients. Health workers are the people most at risk of infection so they need it extra protection.
In addition, the use of masks will be more effective when combined with the habit of washing hands regularly.
Here are some things to consider when using masks, such as:
- wash your hands before putting on the mask
- cover the mouth and nose so that there is no gap between the face and the mask
- avoid touching the mask when using it
- replace the mask with a new one when it feels damp
- remove the mask from behind without touching the front
- Throw in a closed trash can and wash your hands immediately
- do not wipe your eyes, nose, mouth and face with dirty hands
If you are sick and masks are not available, you can prevent transmission of COVID-19 by applying cough etiquette. You do this by covering your mouth when coughing or sneezing with a tissue or using your arm.
4. Cook the meat and eggs until cooked
Did you know that the way you cook eggs and meat needs attention to prevent COVID-19?
COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease, meaning that the coronavirus uses animals as intermediaries to infect humans. This virus can move through animal meat that is not cooked properly. Therefore, you need topay attention to meat maturity and eggs so as not to be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Make sure you also keep yourself clean when visiting markets and prevent contact with wild animals. Until now, experts do not know exactly how the virus is transmitted, so it is advisable to be careful.
5. Maintain endurance
Actually, things that need to be considered as one way to prevent COVID-19 is to maintain endurance.
When the immune system is low, especially when sick, the virus is easier to attack the body, whether it’s the flu virus or SARS-CoV-2.
Maintaining the immune system is quite simple and young, such as:
- exercise routine
- eat nutritious food
- meet the needs of vitamins and minerals. The types of vitamins you need, for example, vitamins A, C, E, and B complex.
You also need minerals such as selenium, zinc and iron. Selenium maintains cell strength and prevents DNA damage. Then zinc triggers an immune response. In addition, iron helps the absorption of vitamin C.
However, there are many habits of Indonesian society that make the body deficient in vitamins and minerals. The most common habit, for example, is that many people are lazy to do outdoor activities.
This habit makes the body less exposed to sunlight, which is the main source of vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency causes the immune response to attack viruses and bacteria to decrease.
Thus, the body becomes more susceptible to viral infections and diseases. Not only is there a risk of COVID-19, but a low immune system also causes symptoms to get worse.
Therefore, maintaining endurance is very important as a way to prevent COVID-19, both meeting nutritional intake and basking in the sun every morning for 30 minutes.
6. Applying social distancing
Investigation results found that COVID-19 can be transmitted without symptoms. This means that even people who appear healthy will not even notice that they have COVID-19. He can pass the virus just by being in a crowd.
This is the importance of doing social distancing. Social distancing is efforts to maintain distance from other people and avoid crowd activities to break the chain of spread of disease.
A number of countries have also apply lockdown or restriction of access to and out of its territory. Although not doing lockdown, Indonesia is now implementing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) with similar principles.
Restrictions on good contact with social distancing, lockdown, as well as PSBB is currently the best way to prevent disease transmission. You can take part by enforcing the contact restrictions that apply in your area of residence.
COVID-19 is an infectious disease with a high transmission rate. Like other diseases caused by coronavirus, COVID-19 also needs to be prevented by implementing clean living habits, maintaining endurance, and limiting contact with other people.
To complement the above efforts, don’t forget to update with the latest information related to COVID-19. Starting number of cases, treatment method, recommendations when traveling abroad and following advice from official health services.
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