A coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 took the whole world by storm at the beginning of the year 2020. As per the WHO (World Health Organization), the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus originated and started spreading from China’s Hubei province. Also, this virus is known to cause a respiratory disease named COVID-19. This disease is currently spreading at a rapid rate all around the world. Thus, it is now a global concern to find ways to treat and prevent this viral disease from spreading at the workplace and public places. This is why the World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed some ways to prevent COVID-19 disease from spreading at the workplace.
But before checking out the COVID-19 prevention tips, let’s know some useful details about this disease.
How Does The COVID-19 Disease Spread?
This viral disease spreads in a similar way to that of a common cold. When an infected person sneezes or coughs, he or she tends to release infected fluid drops. These drops might fall on the tables, chairs, keyboards, desks, and doors. So if you touch these things and then touch your eyes, nose, or mouth, you also get infected. Furthermore, standing in close proximity to an infected person, while he speaks, coughs, or sneezes can also infect you.
The coronavirus symptoms include fever, cough, cold, diarrhea, vomiting, and breathlessness, etc. In some cases, the symptoms are usually mild and they go away after a few days. In other cases, the symptoms might be severe, and hospitalization might be necessary. People who have weak immunity, health conditions, and 50+ age, are more commonly affected by this disease.
WHO Tips To Prevent COVID-19 From Spreading At Workplace
Here are some of the workplace tips suggested by the World Health Organization to prevent COVID-19 disease from spreading.
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Maintain Office Hygiene
The first step to reduce the chances of infection and illness is to keep your office clean and hygienic. For this purpose, all the furniture, doors, and machines need to be regularly cleaned with disinfectants. This should be the foremost thing that’s done in the morning before office hours. Thus, the chances of viral infection will automatically decrease.
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Promote Personal Hygiene
Along with office hygiene, personal hygiene should also be given the highest priority. This means that all the employees, clients, and other staff members should be encouraged to wash hands frequently. Also, the installation of sanitizing-liquid dispensers in all the important places in the office is recommended. Furthermore, the organization of safety awareness seminars at the workplace is also a great prevention measure. Last but not least, frequent washing of hands with soap & water helps to kill the virus spreading germs & bacteria.
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Encourage Respiratory Hygiene
Another great measure to contain COVID-19 is putting banners with prevention tips and respiratory hygiene on notice boards. Also, company should send such tips and recommendations to all employees and clients through emails or digital messages. Furthermore, you should make available face masks and tissue papers at your office for employees with cold or cough. Also, closed bins are also essential to dispose of these tissue papers and face masks after use.
