Oguz Kaan Kısa · April 23, 2021
The problem of how to be protected from coronavirus has become frequent asking ourselves, the reason for this is that our anxiety and worries are increasing day by day.
One of the basic things that should be applied to protect from coronavirus is to pay attention to personal hygiene.
How can I be protected from coronavirus, the basic principle of protection not only for coronavirus but all bacterial and viral infections is hand cleaning. It is sufficient to clean your hands for an average of 20-30 seconds with the correct technique with normal tap water and soap. Not only for coronavirus, tuberculosis microbes are one of the most resistant microbes and bacteria, we can even kill tuberculosis, AIDS microbes by washing our hands with soap and water. AIDS is one of the most feared viruses that cause the most death. And you can even kill it.
Since the coronavirus is transmitted through the respiratory tract, the mask is very important, please remember 1.5 meter distance. If you are likely to approach more than 1.5 meter away, you should wear a mask.
When you encounter a suspicious case, a simple surgical mask should be worn. N 95 masks are special production masks. People who are sick or have these symptoms also have responsibilities, if you are coughing and sneezing, you should take a napkin in your hand and cover your nose with a tissue paper and sneeze and cough. You should throw that napkin in the trash and wash your hands. If you do not have a tissue, then we should cover our mouth and nose not with the inside of our hand, but with the outside of our hand or the outer surface of our arms.
If you have a friend you work with in the work environment (cold, flu, upper respiratory tract infection), we should not approach that person more than 1 meter. If you do not have such a chance, you can use a normal surgical mask. We should not forget that common items such as scissors, phone, keyboard will carry the virus on them for a short time. The important thing is to wash hands. We must always keep our hands clean. While wearing a mask, we should always keep our hands clean after removing the mask.
There is a risky group for coronavirus. People under 2 years old and over 65 years old. Those with an underlying disease are at risk. If there are those who have to be in crowded places, if we live in the same house, we should take care of our hygiene and, if necessary, to wear normal masks even in the same environment. We have to pay attention to these rules.
So, Is Corona Virus Transmitted from products coming from abroad or with cargo from China?
Viruses spread very quickly. Corona is also a virus. But there is a very important point. These viruses, namely the Coronavirus, cannot survive very much in the external environment.
In order for the Corona virus to survive, it must live in a living cell. A blood cell must live in a respiration so that it can survive. They can never survive in the outdoor environment. There is no chance of infection with packages from China, and people carrying cargo. Such a thing is not possible.
Because those products and boxes remain outside for a long time and viruses cannot survive.
If you have to take public transport, protect yourself first. If possible, do not approach people more than 1.5 meters. We must be very careful about our hand hygiene. We should not get on public transport without wearing a mask. We must definitely have handkerchiefs with us. If we protect ourselves, we will also protect the people in front of us.
The virus lives on inanimate surfaces. But how long it will live is important. Viruses must live inside the living cell. In other words, if there is no living cell on the surface, the virus will lose its vitality by cleaning the environment with disinfectants with dry heat, unless it is inside such as saliva drop, blood cell, respiratory secretion.
Our old knowledge was that the virus did not live for more than 24 hours. Now we are updating our information. Unfortunately, we know that it stays on inanimate surfaces for a longer time. In other words, it would be good to clean the environments where we suspect cases, possible cases or crowded areas, that is, meeting rooms, areas used by many people in our home with disinfectants frequently.