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June 29, 2022

Month: November 2020

What you need to know about Covid-19

Sunday, 29 November 2020 by Jacobs Transport
  • What you need to know about Covid-19

     

    • The spread of the disease occurs mainly via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how influenza and other respiratory pathogens spread.
    • Apart from being directly infected by the droplets, healthy person can also be infected when the
    • virus settles on surfaces from where it can transfer to their hands and infect them when they touch their eyes, nose or mouth.
    • Symptoms of the disease are a sore throat, slight fever, fatigue, headache, tiredness and a dry cough.
    • Any person of any age can be infected by the disease, but older people are more likely to develop severe illnesses.
    • The disease is more likely to be severe and even fatal for the following:
    • Persons over the age of 80 (although it should be noted that the severity increase with age,

    starting with those over the age of 60);

    • Smokers;
    • Persons with compromised immune systems (due to for instance HIV/AIDS and cancer); and
    • Persons with comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease (10.5% mortality), diabetes (7.3%
    • mortality), chronic respiratory disease (6.3% mortality) and hypertension (6% mortality).
    • Healthy, fit individuals are more likely to develop only mild symptoms and to recover quickly.
    • The virus is denatured by strong sunlight, soap and water, and most disinfectants.
    • On surfaces, the virus can survive for up to 24 hours if left untouched and unsanitised, although
    • there is some indication that the virus may remain active for up to 5 days on hard, shiny surfaces, fabrics and paper.

    The transmission of the disease can be prevented by:

    • Washing hands regularly with soap or using an appropriate hand sanitiser
    • (Please note that ordinary soap works well enough as long as hands are washed for long

    enough (more than 20 seconds), and that anti-bacterial hand wash soap is no more effective

    against viral contamination. Washing hands properly and for long enough with soap and water is also more effective than using hand sanitiser.)

    • Avoiding touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
    • Avoiding close contact with people who are sick.
    • Coughing or sneezing into a flexed elbow or covering it with a tissue which is then
    • immediately discarded.
    • Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched objects and surfaces.
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