The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged all to follow a healthy lifestyle and take preventive measures to keep communicable diseases away and be better equipped against Covid-19 and other physical and mental challenges.
“Follow healthy habits and take preventive measures to protect you and others from communicable diseases and other physical and emotional issues,” a statement issued by the MoH has said.
One should necessarily be in the habit of washing hands before and after having food, cleaning hands after handling trash, waste and after cleaning household and surroundings are to be strictly adhered to, according to the statement from the MoH.
All the other precautionary measures, such as using soap and water to wash hands after sneezing, wearing face masks and social distancing, should be continued. Often, sanitiser should be applied on hands whenever one touches common areas like lift buttons, electric switches, etc.
“One shouldn’t fail to adhere to the precautionary measures including wearing masks and social distancing and all other precautions have to be strictly followed,” Dr Faryal al Lawati, Senior Consultant and Head of Infection Diseases Section at the Royal Hospital under the MoH said.
“Healthy habits are must to avoid getting a communicable disease like bacterial, viral, protozoal diseases in general and especially in view of ongoing covid 19 pandemic,” says Dr Dilip Singhvi, Specialist-Internal medicine, Apollo Hospital.
“Everyone and especially children should take care regarding hand hygiene, washing or sanitising hands regularly, avoiding touching unknown surfaces like in lifts, corridors, malls, railings, and elsewhere,” adds Dr Singhvi.
While using regular masks on the face, it is important to note to cover the mouth and nose, not to keep it on the chin, to avoid getting infected. Also, avoiding going to crowded places will enable us to reduce the risk of exposure to communicable diseases like Covid, influenza and other airborne diseases.
