CoViD-19 spreads primarily from person to person thru droplets released when someone sick sneezes or coughs can land on the mouths or noses of people nearby. May also be transferred thru close contact with someone sick like hugging or shaking hands and can also be left on objects and surfaces.
Cleaning the hands often, cough or sneeze in your bent elbow not your hands, avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth, avoid close contact with someone is sick, and clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces are ways to prevent CoVID-19 Infection.
To avoid CoViD-19, avoid the crowded places with many people nearby, avoid close- contact settings especially where people have close-range conversations, and avoid confined enclosed spaces with poor ventilation.
Most vulnerable to CoVID-19 infection are healthcare workers, people over 60 years of age, and those with underlying health conditions.
Contract tracing means identifying everyone who has come in close with someone who has CoVID-19.
Hand rub for hand hygiene has a duration of entire procedure for 20-30 seconds.
WHO recommends that all healthy adults do 30 minutes/day of physical activity, and children should be physically active for 1 hour/day.
The 1st Metro manila lockdown happened last March 15, 2020.
San Lazaro Hospital is the 1st institution which took care of the 1st CoViD-19 case.
CoVID-19 was first
discovered in Wuhan, China.
Comorbidity refers to the presence of a pre-existing chronic disease condition.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) refers to the Coronavirus Disease 2019.
General Community Quarantine (GCQ) refers to the implementation of temporary measures limiting movement and transportation, regulation of operating industries, and presence of uniformed personnel to enforce community quarantine protocols.
Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) refers to the transition phase between GCQ and the New Normal, when the following temporary measures are relaxed and become less necessary: limiting movement and transportation, the regulation of operating industries, and the presence of uniformed personnel to enforce community quarantine protocols.
Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) refers to the transition phase between ECQ and GCQ, when the following temporary measures are relaxed and become less necessary: stringent limits on movement and transportation of people, strict regulation of operating industries, provision of food and essential services, and heightened presence of uniformed personnel to enforce community quarantine protocols.
Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) refers to the implementation of temporary measures imposing stringent limitations on movement and transportation of people, strict regulation of operating industries, provision of food and essential services, and heightened presence of uniformed personnel to enforce community quarantine protocols.
Interzonal movement refers to the movement of people, goods, and services between provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities under different community quarantine classification.
Intrazonal movement refers to the movement of people, goods, and service between provinces, urbanized cities, and independent component cities under the same community quarantine classification.
New normal refers to the
emerging behaviors, situations, and minimum public health standards that will
be institutionalized in common or routine practices and remain even after the
pandemic while the disease is not totally eradicated through means such as
widespread immunization. These include actions that will become second nature
to the general public as well as policies such as bans on large gatherings that
will continue to remain in force.