A Beijing physician, who was to speak about novel coronavirus at the International Family Medicine conference in Dubai today, has cancelled his trip after his organisation imposed global travel restrictions. Dr D.J. Hamblin-Brown, Vice President of Medical Affairs at the United Family Healthcare, Beijing, however, responding to Gulf News queries from the UK, said life has changed beyond recognition after the COVID-19 outbreak and that they were many lessons to be learnt by the world from the experience.
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00:00The incidence of COVID-19 infections has been rising globally. We are here today to help
00:08you understand how to maintain basic hygiene to be able to keep the infections at bay.
00:13There are certain basic things that we can do to help prevent the spread. Coronavirus
00:20has a tendency to be transmitted through touch. Let us talk about hand hygiene and we are
00:25going to demonstrate how to effectively wash your hands. The basic step will be to wash
00:31it first with soap and water. If you have disinfectant soaps or antibacterial soaps
00:39that can also be effective but not to worry even basic soap and water is as effective.
00:46The hand washing ideally should minimum of 20 seconds but you can even extend it up to
00:522 minutes. So remember to entirely wash your hands including the crevices of your hands
00:59and not to forget the spaces between your nails. So it is easy to remember that if you
01:06can in your mind sing a song of happy birthday that would amount to 20 seconds of time which
01:15would be enough to completely wash and cleanse your hand and after you wash your hands do
01:22use a dry towel to wipe your hands or you can even use air dryers which are also equally
01:29effective in drying your hands. Once you use a dry towel please dispose it off carefully
01:36in the nearest bin without touching the surfaces. If you do not have access to soap and water
01:44for effective hand washing you are free to use hand sanitizer which are commonly available
01:51in all the supermarkets and it's very portable which can be carried with you. Ideally a hand
01:58sanitizer should have alcohol content above 60-70% for effective hand hygiene. So you
02:04can put a drop in either palms, rub your palms effectively, let the hand sanitizer cover
02:12the whole of both of your hands and not to forget the crevices and let it to dry completely
02:19naturally without using any towel because that will effectively eliminate all viral
02:26infections.
02:27When do we need to take care of our hands? So after we are in a public place we might
02:39be exposing ourselves to the virus through multiple surfaces. It may be desktops, it
02:47may be the chairs that we are sitting on, it may be the door handles, it may be the
02:53escalators, even small things that we might not even notice and even as we go shopping
03:01there may be multiple surfaces where we might be exposed to the COVID-19 virus.
03:09The second most important in personal hygiene will be the face mask. We have two kinds of
03:15face mask. The first one is called the surgical face mask and that looks like this. So it
03:21has two surfaces, the front and a back surface and there is a metal piece that keeps the
03:32mask in place at the top of the mask.
03:52Remember the most important aspect of using a face mask is to get a tight seal because
03:58if the tight seal is not achieved there is leakage of air as you inhale and that could
04:05be a potential risk. The second option of using a face mask is what we call an N95 mask.
04:11This is a professional mask which is predominantly used in all healthcare settings. To contain
04:18any sort of transmission of virus this is a much effective face mask.
04:44And also it's very important that you get a tight fitting on your face and there is
04:49also a metallic piece which will also help ensure that it is effectively fitting any
04:56sort of faces. It's also important to know that you should avoid touching the face mask
05:04if your hands are not clean. So do not touch infected surfaces and then touch the face
05:11mask because that will further expose you to infections by the virus. These face masks
05:18should be worn by people who are going in public places, who are travelling on public
05:25transports, metros, buses etc. And if you are passing through airports and aeroplanes
05:33also it is recommended to be wearing the mask in order to prevent the infection. Ideally
05:38face mask should be worn for a maximum up to 8 hours after which it should be disposed
05:45of carefully in a very secure bin which has plastic within them so that you don't transmit
05:55the infection further because there could be viral particles which could be sticking
06:01on to the surface of the mask. And make sure you wash your hands properly before you put
06:08the next mask on and if you are still in a public place you need to continue to wear
06:14the mask and avoid touching the mask at all cost. There are also certain etiquettes that
06:19you need to follow when in public places especially if you are having a cough or a sneeze remember
06:27always to use your elbow. Do not cough in your hands and you may shake somebody else's
06:34hand. So remember always to use your elbow to cover your cough and that is the best etiquette
06:41that one can follow. If not you can also use a hand tissue, take it with you all the time
06:48you have those little packs you can carry with you. Use a hand tissue, cough or sneeze
06:54into the hand tissue and immediately dispose it off in the nearest bin in a very proper
07:01and safe environment. It's important to understand that we do not have an effective approved
07:09treatment for corona viruses. So how can we help ourselves from this virus in the rare
07:16event that we do contract the viruses. Number one it's to keep our immune system as strong
07:23as possible. The number one is nutrition where you need to have a good balanced diet of
07:31all the essential nutritional items in order to keep your immune system balanced and healthy.
07:39Number two not to be ignored is the amount of sleep that one gives it himself. It's important
07:49that during an infection with a virus that we get adequate amount of sleep and that should
07:55be nothing less than 8 hours of rest or even longer depending on how bad you feel. If you
08:04are feeling tired, fatigued my advice is to always listen to your body, do give your body
08:12the required amount of sleep until you are feeling refreshed. And in case you are sick
08:18you need to inform your employer, you need to make the necessary arrangement for you
08:24to be staying away from work for a specified duration of time until you are completely
08:31healed so that you will prevent the spread of this virus within the organization.