More about Coronavirus

Advisory on social distancing & home quarantine Issued by Govt of India

Social distancing is a non-pharmaceutical infection prevention and control.

The following interventions have been taken:

1. Closure of all educational establishments (schools, universities etc), gyms, museums, cultural and social centres, swimming pools and theatres. Students should be advised to stay at home. Online education to be promoted.

2. Private sector organizations/employers allow employees to work from home wherever feasible.

3. Restaurants/Malls/Shopping Complexes/Entertainment Complex are now shut.

4. Hospitals to follow necessary protocol related with COVID-19 management as prescribed and restrict family/friends/children visiting patients in hospitals.

5. Special protective measures for delivery men/ women working in online ordering services.

Don’t panic, be prepared

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic and with that the fear of the disease has gripped all people from villages, small towns and metro cities of India alike, barring none.

Reasons why you don't have to panic:

• You know what the disease is and how it spreads. So you can take all necessary precautions.
• The disease causes no symptoms or is mild in 81% of cases. Of course, in the remaining 14%, it can cause severe pneumonia and in 5% it can become critical or even fatal.
• Much of the reported data relates to the increase in the number of confirmed cases and the number of deaths, but most infected people are cured.
• The virus can be effectively inactivated from surfaces with a solution of ethanol (62-71% alcohol), hydrogen peroxide (0.5% hydrogen peroxide) or sodium hypochlorite (0.1% bleach), in just one minute.
• Science is on it, globally, trying to find the best solution for the disease.