Parents need to teach children to sneeze properly to prevent corona virus because each sneezing can create 40,000 tiny saliva particles and millions of pathogens shot from 10m away. Thus, coughing and sneezing are the causes of spreading many infectious diseases.
Parents should keep in mind some of the important things below when they cough or sneeze
Corona epidemic is increasingly complicated. Up to now, there have been 20,438 infections and 426 deaths. This dangerous virus originated in Wuhan and has spread to many countries around the world. Vietnam has also confirmed corona virus positive patient. On January 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global emergency for the spread of this virus. Common symptoms of people infected with corona virus are cough, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, sore throat, and fever. The incubation period is 0-14 days.
Just in a short time, more than 20,000 people were infected with corona virus
Facing the rapid spread of the epidemic, health experts recommend that people regularly wash their hands and wear masks when going out on the street and avoid crowds. The corona virus is spread through direct contact, through inhalation such as coughing or sneezing and touching infected surfaces. In the UNICEF handbook there are some important notes to remember to limit the spread of bacteria and viruses: Use your elbows to cover your mouth, nose when coughing or sneezing to reduce the risk of infection.
Teach children to sneeze properly with their elbows covering their mouths
Parents should remind children not to use hands to cover their nose, mouth when coughing or sneezing because it will cause bacteria to stay on it. Children will hold many different things and then touch their eyes, this is the way to make children infected quite quickly and easily. Also, when a child coughs or sneezes, a lot of bacteria are released into the air and spread to many others.
It is best for parents to teach children to use their elbow or tissue to cover their mouths when coughing, sneezing, and then discarded immediately. Practice for children to wash their hands often, especially after coughing, sneezing, after going to the toilet, before and after eating, after playing with pets ... to eliminate bacteria, help protect health of children and those around them.
Coughing and sneezing are the causes of spreading many infectious diseases
Each sneeze can create 40,000 tiny saliva particles and millions of pathogens shot from 10m away. Thus, coughing and sneezing are the causes of spreading many infectious diseases.
However, a study done in New Zealand showed that very few people have the habit of covering their mouths when coughing, sneezing, or if they do, do it incorrectly, contributing to the spread of disease easily.
The University of Otago team observed nearly 400 cases of coughing and sneezing in public locations in New Zealand. The results showed that only a quarter of this number actually covered the nose and mouth.
Even more troubling is that only 5% did it properly, ie using elbow or handkerchief, tissue. The rest use their hands.
Half of the common cold and flu viruses are spread by hands, while the rest are spread by inhalation of an infected person's saliva
According to scientists, this way causes germs in saliva to stick to hands, then spread to objects that we touch such as doorknobs, stair railings, furniture ...
Statistics show that half of the common cold viruses spread through hands, the rest spread by inhaling patient saliva.
So, changing a simple routine of using your elbow, sleeve or nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze instead of using your hands can significantly reduce the chance of transmission.
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