The Strategies to Avoid the Spreads of Covid-19

The Strategies To Avoid The Spread of Covid-19 Group 3B Deryon Maruli Dwi Kurnia Eben Senjaya Harefa Riyan Wibowo

The Covid-19 virus is the cause of this pandemic. This virus first appeared in the city of Wuhan in 2019. The virus is very easy to develop and spread by its spread through airbone and droplet media. According to WHO data, on January 21, 2021, it has 95,321,880 cases of covid-19 worldwide with death totaling 2,058,227 souls. Indonesia on the same day has 951,651 cases of deaths of 27,023 (KPCPEN, 2020). This leads to the isolation done in avoiding exposure to the virus. There are three way to avoid the Covid-19 and we need to understand how to avoid getting this virus.

“The use of masks is one of the steps that can be taken for prevention and limitation of the corona virus. Masks are respiratory protection tools that are used as a method to protect individuals or the wearer from breathing in contaminants or harmful substances in the air (Kurniati, 2020).”

Masks are made to protect the wearer from droplets released by other people from getting into the nose and mouth of the wearer or somewhat. So that our droplets do not hit other people because we do not know that we or other people are carriers of the virus or not. The use of masks is very important for everyone to apply during this pandemic. Masks become our main protection from direct exposure to dropplers that spread in the air (Atmojo, 2020). Type of mask that has good efficacy including N95 respirators, surgical, polypropylene, and a cotton mask (Dwirusman, 2020). Not just any mask can filter droplets well, masks with a thin layer are not considered because they are not good at filtering harmful particles in the air. So it is highly recommended for everyone to wear a mask wherever and whenever to prevent the spread of corona.

The application of social distancing is an effective way to avoid this virus. With our distance the virus is not directly exposed to the body. The Indonesian government has arranged for social distension in 59th and 60th of the 2018 constitution on health quarantine (Setiawan, 2020). This aim is to suppress potential viral outbreaks by limiting social activity to society and it is important to stay away from physical or crowd contact. The government has provided a range of one meter to avoid the spread because Indonesian people could not quit their jobs, so the application of keeping one meter apart from others would be wise. The next thing is to avoid the crowd. The crowd has great potential for rapidly spreading the virus because the distance between humans becomes close and the air is being drawn at the same time. The potential for exposure to the virus is very high in crowds, as a result of the virus spreading by air and therefore highly forbidden to swarm (Kresna, & Ahyar, 2020).

Washing hand or \"hand hygiene\" are foremost thing to lessen spread of viruses, infections or exposure to infectious diseases at environment like Covid-19. Contaminated hands are a main source of microorganisms growth and microorganisms development. A person can be infected Covid-19 by touching a surface or object that contains the virus, then touching their own nose, mouth, or their own eyes with dirty hands. So washing hands should be done when hands look dirty, then eating after touched blood or other bodily fluids, and after use of the toilet. Washing hand including clean hands with soap and water, using hand sanitizers or surgical hand antisepsis. washing hands with soap and water creates lather, remove germs and cleaning chemicals from hands. Wet hands are better than soap on dry hands because water with soap are better to kill the viruses than dry hands. The generous form of foam is great for getting germs, harmful chemicals, and dirt off your hands.

According to WHO, washing hands for 20 seconds is important because it destroys germs and removes germs and chemicals from the skin. and when rinsing hands, germs and chemicals are removed and hands are clean from germs (Alzyood, M, et all, 2020). Furthermore, proper washing hand decreases the development and reproduction of microorganisms, thus reducing infection risk of Covid-19 (Toney-Butler, Gasner, & Carver, 2020).

These strategies are effective way to avoid exposure to the Covid-19 virus. Wearing a mask, keeping a distance, and always washing your hands, then the Covid-19 virus will not be easy to get contaminated.

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