How to prevent new coronavirus infection?

1. How to prevent new coronavirus infection?
To prevent new coronavirus infection, the following measures should be taken: 
Enhance window ventilation. House should open a window everyday ventilated period of time.
Strengthen air current, can prevent respiratory tract infection effectively. 
Pay attention to personal hygiene.Wash hands frequently, using soap and running water or hand sanitizer.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or elbow when you sneeze or cough, not with your hands. 
Timely observation and treatment. If there is fever (especially high fever), cough, shortness of breath and other respiratory tract infection symptoms, should promptly wear a mask and seek medical advice. 

2. How to prevent new coronavirus infection at home? 
Enhance health awareness, moderate exercise, early to bed and early to rise, do not stay up late can improve their immunity; 
Keep good personal hygiene, cover your mouth and nose with tissue when coughing or sneezing, wash your hands thoroughly and often, and do not touch your eyes or nose with dirty hands. 
Room ventilation and keep clean and tidy; 
Avoid close contact with people with respiratory symptoms as much as possible; 
Avoid crowded and confined places, such as wearing masks; 
Avoid contact with wild animals or livestock; 
Adhere to safe eating habits, eating meat and eggs to cook; 
Pay close attention to fever, cough and other symptoms, such as the occurrence of such symptoms must be timely nearby medical treatment.

3. How can you protect yourself from new coronavirus infections? Coronavirus is mainly transmitted by droplets. 
Do not use your hands when sneezing or coughing;  Wash hands correctly and promptly; Boost immunity and avoid crowded, enclosed places.
Strengthening exercise, regular work and rest and improving immunity are important means to avoid being infected. 
What should you pay attention to when you cough or sneeze? When coughing and sneezing, droplets containing the virus can be spread to the air within a radius of about 2 meters. 
People around may become infected by inhaling these droplets, so be careful: Cover your nose and mouth with tissue or elbows (not hands) when you cough or sneeze. Put the tissues used in sneezing and coughing into the covered trash can. 
After sneezing and coughing, it is best to thoroughly clean your hands with soap or hand sanitizer and rinse them with running water. 

5. How to choose a mask? 
Wearing a mask is an effective way to stop the spread of respiratory secretions. Currently, there are mainly medical protective masks (such as N95), medical surgical masks and ordinary disposable surgical masks available on the market. In addition, there are all kinds of cotton masks, sponge masks and so on.

It is good for citizens to choose medical surgical masks for daily protection. The N95 mask is more effective in preventing disease, but it is not suitable for long-term wear due to its poor air permeability and high respiratory resistance.


Transfer from DXY,
17/03/2020
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