1. Avoid contact: The Ministry of Health recommends avoiding "close contact" not only with people who may have been in the affected area, but with all those who show "signs of respiratory condition such as coughing or sneezing." At first it was thought that the virus was transmitted in only one direction, from animals to people, but the investigations carried out last week confirmed that it can also be transmitted from person to person, through the air droplets.
2. Frequent handwashing: As with other viruses such as influenza, frequent handwashing is the most effective measure both to prevent infection and to prevent the spread of the virus. This is reflected in the document prepared by Health: "Generic measures of individual protection against respiratory diseases [such as pneumonia caused by the Wuhan virus] include hand hygiene (washing with soap and water or alcoholic solutions)".
3. Cover your mouth and nose: The Ministry of Health also advises covering your mouth and nose with tissues or with a cloth when you cough or sneeze. It is more than usual to see how the people we have around us and with whom we agree in public transport cough or sneeze on the hand.
4. Avoid the consumption of food in affected areas: Finally, although this measure does not affect our country, the Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine recommends that, in the affected areas, the consumption of meat and other foods that are not avoided They are properly cooked. This will avoid the possibility that the coronavirus can be transmitted through food.
