Precaution of Novel Coronavirus

●What is Novel Coronavirus?

Coronavirus only infects vertebrates and can cause respiratory and digestive system / neurological diseases in humans and animals. The virus this time is a new coronavirus strain that has never been found in humans before, and is named COVID-19, it can be passed from person to person.

●How does it spread ?

1. Usually transmitted through droplets (sneezing / coughing), contact (digging nostrils / rubbing eyes with hands that have been exposed to virus)

2. The virus is highly transmissive. theoretically One patient can transmit the virus to two or three people without any protections  

3. The onset time is usually withiin 14 days, so the close-contacts should be isolated for 14 days.

● Preventions

1. Avoid going to high-epidemic areas, heavy traffic places, and closed, airless public places , and frequently open the windows to air the room. 

2. Cover your mouth and nose with tissues or elbows (not your hands) when coughing and sneezing.

3. It is best to wash your hands thoroughly with soap or hand sanitizer after sneezing and coughing, and put used paper towels into a covered trash bin.

4. When wears a mask, the surface should be fully unfolded, and the mouth, nose, and jaw should be completely covered, and then press the nose clip to fit the face completely.

5. The light-colored side of the mask is the inner side, and the inner side should be close to the mouth and nose, with the dark side facing outwards; the end with the metal strip (nose clip) is above the mask. Masks should be replaced regularly, not on the inside or outside, not on both sides.

6. When washing your hands, pay attention to washing with running water and using soap (hand sanitizer), rubbing for at least 20 seconds

● What should I do if I have related symptoms?

1. If you have symptoms such as fever, fatigue, muscle soreness, cough, sputum, shortness of breath, etc., you should seek medical treatment in time, and also tell the doctor the travel history of the two weeks before the illness, so that the doctor can quickly make a diagnosis.

2. If the employee's temperature exceeds 37.3 degrees or cough, the department head or the administrative department must be notified immediately.

● How to wear a mask correctly?

a. Nose clip side up, dark side out(folds down)

b. Fold up and down to make the mask cover the mouth / nose / jaw

c. Press the tips of your two fingers along the metal strip of the bridge of your nose from the middle to the sides and slowly press inwards.

Until close to the bridge of the nose

d. Adjust the mask appropriately so that the periphery of the mask fits the face fully

●How to wash hands properly?

1. First wet your hands under running water.

2.Then take an appropriate amount of hand sanitizer (soap) and apply evenly to the entire palm / back of hand / finger / finger seam.

3. With palms facing each other, rub your fingers together.

4. Rub the palms of your opponent along the back of your fingers and exchange them.

5. Palms facing each other, hands rubbing each other with fingers crossed

6. Bend your fingers to rotate the knuckles in the palm of your other hand

7. Hold the thumb of the left hand in the right hand and rotate and rub it alternately.

8.Put your five fingertips in the palm of your other hand and rub them together.

9. Rinse hands thoroughly under running water

10. Dry your hands and take an appropriate amount of hand lotion for skin care.