See full answer• Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water. This eliminates germs including viruses that may be on your hands.• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. 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 infect you.• Cover your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately into a closed bin and wash your hands. By following good ‘respiratory hygiene’, you protect the people around you from viruses, which cause colds, flu and COVID-19.• Clean and disinfect surfaces frequently especially those which are regularly touched, such as door handles, faucets and phone screens.
How long should I wash my hands during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Thorough hand hygiene after any cough or sneeze is required. The WHO also recommends that individuals wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the toilet or when hands are visibly dirty, before eating and after blowing one’s nose.
Do I need to wear a mask and avoid close contact with others if I have received the COVID-19 vaccine?
Yes. While experts learn more about the protection that COVID-19 vaccines provide under real-life conditions, it will be important for everyone to continue using all the tools available to us to help stop this pandemic, like covering your mouth and nose with a mask, washing hands often, and staying at least 6 feet away from others.
What’s the best way to protect yourself and others?
Important Ways to Slow the Spread. Wear a mask that covers your nose and mouth to help protect yourself and others. Stay 6 feet apart from others who don’t live with you. Get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to you. Avoid crowds and poorly ventilated indoor spaces. Wash your hands often with soap and water. Use hand sanitizer if soap
When do you need to cover your face to protect others?
Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others. You could spread COVID-19 to others even if you do not feel sick. The cloth face cover is meant to protect other people in case you are infected. Everyone should wear a cloth face cover in public settings and when around people who don’t live in your household,
What should I do if I have a rip on my hand?
How you care for a rip depends on whether or not they’re partial (meaning, there’s still some skin dangling) or full. If they’re partial, don’t remove or peel off any flap of skin that remains attached. Instead, gently clean the wound with soap and water—and, if you can handle the burn, rubbing alcohol, says Dr. Wofford.
How to protect yourself and others from viruses?
Clean and disinfect 1 Clean AND disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks. 2 If surfaces are dirty, clean them. Use detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection. 3 Then, use a household disinfectant.
