CoronaVirus, also known as Covid-19. Originating from Wuhan, China in early 2019, it has spread over 200 countries with 80 million people affected with over 1.9 million deaths reported worldwide. 

We need to be aware of the causes that could potentially be harmful to us. 

In this article, we will be looking over the pieces of equipment and guidelines by Healthcare Specialists on how to protect yourself from the virus.

How Does Covid-19 Affect others?

Corona Virus spreads through human-to-human interaction, touch, and smell. It is a type of respiratory virus that spreads through droplets generated by an infected person’s sneeze or cough.

What should we do to stop Corona from Spreading?

Healthcare Experts recommended a minimum distance of at least 6fts from one person to another, washing your hands frequently with an alcohol-based hand rub or soap, use of Masks, and avoiding crowded indoor spots. Minimize the touch contact, especially in public places and hospitals, as an infected person might have been there.

How should we treat Covid-19 Patients?

If a person is tested to be Corona Positive, then they should be treated as soon as possible before it gets too severe using Vitamin C on a daily basis which can support your immune system. Take steam and hot water which is good for Covid patients.

Self-Isolation

Self-isolation is when you stay at home and do not interact with others as you might be affected by the Viral Disease helps prevent the spread of Corona-Virus. Keep a distance from others and stay in a room for as long as it takes for it to be cured. Wearing mask because this virus spread in the air. Contact Medical Assistance in case the symptoms begin to mutate.

Medical-Assistance

Contact doctors in your local area and get people with symptoms tested as soon as possible. Do treat them with kindness and respect as discrimination might encourage people away from getting tested which is risky for everyone in their surroundings.

Use of Protective Equipment

Pieces of equipment that the Health-Care Experts recommended using during Covid-19. Must use  These can also help protect yourself and to stop corona from being spread to others.

Face Masks

Masks are known to be one of the most helpful and used pieces of equipment during the pandemic. Masks are face-coverings that help block the toxic particles from being inhaled. A lab experiment validated that thousands of droplets are released throughout an ordinary conversation, and nearly all of them got Blocked by a washcloth.

The use of Face Masks is really important as the experts stated: “80 percent of the population would do more to reduce the spread of coronavirus than a lockdown.”

Do’s and Don’ts

Here are the do’s and don’ts of Faces Masks that you should be aware of while using a mask.

Do’s

• Wash your hands before and after using the mask.
• Keep the mask away from surfaces.
• Discard the mask in a bin after using it.

Don’ts

• Touch the front of the mask.
• Wear a Mask used by somebody else.
• Reuse a mask.

Hand Sanitizers

Health-Care professionals advised washing hands frequently and thoroughly for at least 20 seconds which is essential. Plain soap and water facilities are not available everywhere and that’s where the Hand Sanitizers came in. The Advantages of keeping a Sanitizer are simplicity and portability. 

Although this only applies to alcoholic sanitizers that contain at least 60% alcohol.

Gloves

Gloves can come in handy in places that mainly require the touch such as markets, grocery stores, shopping malls, medical supplies stores, etc. 

The use of gloves will automatically block the toxic particles on a surface released by an infected person. Who caused the spread to be reduced. 

Gloves are available in a huge variety, safe to use. The easy implementation of them makes it a really good choice of protective pieces of equipment during covid-19.

Followed by above, covid-19 particles are viable on the surfaces for 72 hours that is enough time for people to catch covid-19 if you aren’t taking precautionary measures such as wearing gloves. When heading towards public places, the access to soap and water is disconnected that’s why gloves make the best precautionary measure first hand, plus using the gloves in the right manner is the key.

NOTE: Masks, Gloves, and Sanitizers alone are not enough to defeat the virus. Only following every piece of instruction given by the HealthCare experts such as Maintaining a distance in a public environment, and other SOPs would result in a healthy future.

Conclusion:

This article should raise awareness about covid-19. The spread of the virus, things that needed to be done to reduce the spread, useful equipment against the virus. In general, this should be enough to raise awareness about how to keep you. Also others are safe during the situation that the world is currently going through.