How to Stay Safe during COVID-19
SELF ISOLATION IF YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD HAS SYMPTOMS!!!
If you or anyone at your household has a high temperature (hot to touch on your chest or back) with a persistent cough you must stay home, do not go to any medical facilities. You must look for help online or call 111.
THINGS WE ALL MUST DO
STAY HOME
The best thing everybody can do is stay at home. On the internet there’s so many different things to keep us entertained. Many celebrities are creating live channels to keep up morale and help us stay positive during this difficult time. Don’t panic if you don’t have access to the internet, why not get creative by doing some home improvements or tackle those chores you wouldn’t usually have time to do!
ONLY GO OUT FOR BASIC NECESSITIES
You should be going out to shop as infrequently as possible for food and medicine only, following guidelines to keep at least a 2-metre distance away from other people. Ordering online is the safest way to do your shopping. If you must go out to shop you should wear gloves and a mask, wipe down trolly handles with antibacterial wipes, remember to remove gloves before getting into car and use hand sanitiser.
ONLY GO OUT TO EXERCISE ONCE A DAY
This should only be with members of your household, it is advised to be in big open spaces where you know that you won’t come into close contact with other people (a minimum of 2 meters away). If it is not possible to guarantee there won’t be big crowds of people, please stay at home and exercise in indoors or in the garden if you have one. There are plenty of ways to keep fit inside, Joe Wicks is holding live PE workouts for kids everyday to encourage everyone is stay at home.
ONLY GO OUT FOR A MEDICAL NEED OR TO PROVIDE HELP/ CARE TO SOMONE WHO IS VULNERABLE
It is advised that older people or anyone with a compromised immune system should not leave the house under any circumstances, it is allowed for you to go out to provide assistance to these people. If you are an extremely vulnerable person you can go onto the GOV website to register for help with getting essential supplies like food.
TRAVELLING TO AND FROM WORK WHERE THIS ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BE DONE FROM HOME
Everyone where possible should work from home, businesses where staff cannot work from home should only be open if they are a necessity. If you have to travel to and from work this should NOT be done by public transport but if need be wear a mask, gloves and sanitise hands after.
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOU STAY POSITIVE
- Regularly keeping in touch with friends and family is so important. Using video chats is a great way of socialising without meeting up in person. Did you know WhatsApp has a feature where you can video call 4 people at once? Phone calls, texts and social media are also easy methods of staying in connection with the rest of the world.
- Keep yourself busy! Do an activity like following a recipe from a cookbook, learn a new skill or do a series marathon on Netflix.
- Exercise, why not do a work out DVD?
HOW TO PREVENT THE SPREAD
- Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water often
- If hand soap is not available use a hand sanitiser gel
- Wash your hands as soon as you reach home
- Use a tissue or your sleeve (not hands) to cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze
- Used tissues should be put in the bin immediately and hands should be washed
- DO NOT touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean
