Guide on How To Avoid Contracting Cough When A Lot of People Are Coughing
COUGH – Here are pieces of advice on how to protect yourself when a lot of people around you are coughing.
Now that the novel coronavirus scare is on, coughing in public is something that is undeniably embarrassing to do. Most people now are on tight guards in the pursuit to prevent getting infected by nCoV.
The symptoms of the novel coronavirus includes fever, cough, and shortness of breath – all of which are also signs indicating flu. Most especially that there is a rapid change in the weather condition this January, a lot of people are really not in the pink of health.
Are you one of those who are in constant guards of your health amid many people coughing? You have to implement strict measures to avoid cough.
Based on an article on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website, cough may follow sore throat and runny nose in the list of the steps to colds. Here are some tips to avoid it:
- Wash your hands with soap and water frequently.
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Wear mask.
- Do not touch your eyes, nose, mouth, and face if you have not washed your hands.
If you are the one who is sick, it is also important to take extra measures to prevent your family and friends and the people around you from getting infected. Based on the article, here are some tips:
- Stay at home while you are sick.
- Avoid close contact with other people including the shaking of hands.
- Move away from people before you will sneeze or cough.
- Wash your hands frequently most especially after coughing, blowing of nose, or sneezing.
- Disinfect the surfaces that you have touched.
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