If you just can't wait to walk with loved ones, try to take all the necessary precautions.
To avoid contracting the coronavirus, contact with other people should be avoided. The World Health Organization recommends not approaching others closer than per meter, and the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention - by 1.8 meters. It is believed that at this distance, virus particles will not be transmitted by coughing or sneezing.
Does this mean that you can continue to meet and walk with friends and acquaintances, just not coming closer than a meter to each other?
Unfortunately, even if a person feels well, he can still be a carrier of coronavirus, since the disease canSubstantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) proceed without visible symptoms. Therefore, neither you nor your friends can be sure that you are not a threat to each other.
At the same time, the virus is quite carried over and 5 and 10 meters around the infected, depending on how fast he moves - walking or running. When riding a bicycle, the radius of damage reaches 20 meters. So it is not necessary to consider a distance of 2 meters as a life-saving barrier that stops infection.
Jagdish Khubchandani, professor at Ball State University, is talkingthat you need to avoid both public places and the houses of your friends.
Jagdish Khubchandani, professor at Ball State University, Muncie, IndianaIf you are visiting your friends now, you are playing with fire. For now, we must act as if everyone is infected. You can be dangerous to yourself, your family, your friends, and the entire community.
But still, when meeting with friends is simply necessary, several important rules should be followed. Them leads Joshua Barokas is an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center.
- Only walk with those who have no explicit symptoms of the disease.
- Choose uncrowded places. Go outside after hours to avoid contact with large numbers of people.
- Keep your distance from each other, the further the better. 1 or 2 meters is a minimum, but in most cases this not enough.
- Wear both a medical mask and sunglasses.
And most importantly, if you are not feeling very well, refuse all meetings. Staying at home is the best thing you can do.
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