A not so happy Monday greets us today as COVID-19 cases resurge and infect more people than ever before. Lockdowns are still in effect, and we’d all do well to stay indoors for the meantime and limit our time outdoors.
Face masks, whether surgical or N95 masks are needed these days as wearing them has become mandatory according to the local government. If you don’t have one yet, make sure to get some for yourself and your family, as anyone caught outside without wearing a mask will be fined heavily.
Here are some important points to remember during these times:
Handwashing is your best weapon against COVID-19. Any soap or any alcohol solution from 60% concentration is absolutely able to kill off the COVID-19 virus from our bodies and surfaces.
COVID-19 can adhere to surfaces (including our skin) for days on end. On some surfaces, it can only last for a few hours, but it would be best to assume that any surface you touch outside of your home has the coronavirus.
If you work in an environment that requires you to interact with a lot of people daily, on top of handwashing, consider getting some PPE such as gloves. If you’re working from home and you go out once or twice a week to get the essentials for your home, then gloves are optional - just make sure to keep up excellent hand hygiene by washing your hands often or using an alcohol solution to clean it.
Just to show how effective soap can be, here’s a bit of an explanation: viruses such as COVID-19 are coated in fat and protein, much like any other coronavirus.
Soap annihilates that by breaking down its fat and protein covering, exposing the “payload” of the virus to the soap, which then breaks it down completely until there is nothing. If you’d like to see the complete process by process breakdown of just how effective soap is, here’s a detailed explanation of just how effective soap can be.
Minimizing the number of touches is also important in fighting off COVID-19. For sure, touch dispensers are getting the most touches from people these days, and the next person is definitely going to catch whatever the last person was carrying in their hands.
To prevent that, you can also employ the use of no-touch soap or alcohol dispensers. Simply hover your hand over the dispenser, and the soap (or any solution you’ve put inside) will come out, making handwashing a no-touch affair (and lessening the chances of getting COVID-19 on your hands).
Get your hands-free soap dispensers and gloves here today.
Recognizing Symptoms
COVID-19 has a myriad of symptoms that could be one thing or another, but the most effective way to track it is the fever and coughing.
If you have any members in your household that are exhibiting these two symptoms on top of some difficulty breathing, it might be best to have them isolate and quarantine themselves for now.
Traditional thermometers filled with mercury take too much time to track results, and they require so much contact for a long period to be sure that you’re getting the correct results - enough time and proximity to catch COVID-19, if the person you’re diagnosing has it.
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If you’d like to secure a system for your workplace or home to reliably check the temperature of the people around you, consider getting a no-touch forehead thermometer, which has a very low margin of error and uses IR to detect the temperature of people
If you’re looking to secure one for your home or business, get yours here today: No-touch forehead thermometers from Elinz.
With a forehead thermometer, it helps to save so much time especially for workplaces that are still open these days. It also helps to keep your home safe without taking too much effort just to identify the temperature of your household’s members.
The Outdoors
While we’re all advised to stay indoors, you’ll still need to go out from time to time to get the essentials. Going out for groceries, medicine and the occasional trip to work are some things that we still need to do from time to time.
As mentioned, in Melbourne, wearing a mask is absolutely compulsory. While surgical masks are usually enough, wearing an N95 mask is also a great way to keep yourself safe.
The name N95 comes from the fact that N95 masks filter out 95% of all particulates in the air, effectively keeping out COVID-19 as long as its user wore the mask properly, on top of not touching their face from time to time.
If you’d like to get some masks for your home or your business, and if you interact with people day in, day out, get yours here today at Elinz.
Remember to stay safe and shop smartly from the safety of your home today at Elinz.
