What should you do if you are living with someone that has the coronavirus? William Murray summarises recent guidelines in this short article for commonspace.eu.
By now, we should all be very familiar with the simple but effective ways to conduct ourselves in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
However, if one is indeed living with someone that is suspected of having COVID-19, what else can they be doing to help the affected individual and avoid the virus spreading to other members of the household? Over the last 24 hours, the World Health Organization has tweeted some clear guidelines to handle such a situation. COVID-19 home caregivers should:
- Identify surfaces touched frequently by the person with suspected or confirmed coronavirus and clean and disinfect them daily;
- Call a local healthcare facility immediately if the person with suspected or confirmed coronavirus worsens or experiences difficulty breathing;
- Avoid unnecessary exposure to the ill person and don't share items like cutlery, crockery, drinking vessels and towels;
- Monitor all members of the household for symptoms such as fever (temperature) and cough.
Whilst such advice seems simple and, for many, self-explanatory; it is important that we continue to take every precaution in order to mitigate the virus's spread and negative effects.
Source: This short article was prepared by William Murray for commonspace.eu. It is part of our series of public service announcements aimed at helping our readers deal with issues related to the coronavirus pandemic and its effects.
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The World Health Organisation twitter page: https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1245032757190963201
