Maveriq™ Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 How to wash clothes during the COVID-19 crisis Whether you’re leaving the house to exercise or spend time outdoors, or if you’re someone that works in a pharmacy, grocery store or in healthcare, you need to make sure you’re taking proper care to ensure your clothes are safe once you enter your home. While there’s no definitive evidence regarding the lifespan on COVID-19 on clothes, the virus is known to cling to other materials. According to the National Institute of Health, the virus can live up to 24 hours on cardboard and even two to three days on plastic and stainless steel. While your clothes are mostly comprised of fabric, they also have details like metal zippers and buttons, where the coronavirus can linger for longer than on more porous materials. Of course, if you work in a field where you’re forced to interact with people — say a grocery store or in healthcare — or if you’re the caretaker of a person that has tested positive for the coronavirus, you should take extra precautions. The CDC advises wearing disposable gloves when handling dirty laundry, which you should discard after use. If you have reusable gloves, make sure those are the designated gloves for disinfection and cleaning, and don’t use them for anything else around the house. Make sure to wash your hands after removing the gloves, too. When doing your laundry, make sure to use the warmest appropriate water setting, then be sure to dry as thoroughly as possible. If you are the caretaker for an ill person, you can wash their dirty laundry in the same load. Make sure not to shake dirty clothes, as it can potentially disperse the virus through the air. If you’re using a clothes hamper, the CDC advises to clean it using a mixture of bleach and water — specifically, five tablespoons of bleach per gallon of water or four teaspoons of bleach per quart of water. If possible, line your hamper with disposable bag liners, which you should throw away after each use. If you don’t have a washing machine at home and have to use the laundromat, make sure you wear gloves when touching the stainless steel and chrome handles and rolling baskets. Don’t worry about the coronavirus lingering inside the machine — the wash cycle will help stop it in its tracks. source: https://ca.style.yahoo.com/coronavirus-life-span-clothes-172319910.html Dongsor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maveriq™ Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public link from WHO: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public Dongsor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mik_si Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) Quote https://ncovtracker.doh.gov.ph/?fbclid=IwAR3t43-crzExi38dC9m_ZkKYzuZj7trRjQppcEnUCnmG4Tt5JTT52wQYTFI Online tracker, almost real time. Halos lahat ng details about Covid statistics andito. Edited March 23, 2020 by mik_si Maveriq™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maveriq™ Posted April 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Coronavirus very likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation: WHO GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory. U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that his government was trying to determine whether the virus emanated from a lab in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic emerged in December. "All available evidence suggests the virus has an animal origin and is not manipulated or constructed in a lab or somewhere else," WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told a Geneva news briefing. "It is probable, likely, that the virus is of animal origin." It was not clear, Chaib added, how the virus had jumped the species barrier to humans but there had "certainly" been an intermediate animal host. "It most likely has its ecological reservoir in bats but how the virus came from bats to humans is still to be seen and discovered." She did not respond to a request to elaborate on whether it was possible the virus may have inadvertently escaped from a lab. The Wuhan Institute of Virology has dismissed rumours both that it synthesized the virus or allowed it to escape. Chaib, asked about the impact of Trump's decision last week to suspend funding to the U.N. agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, said: "We are still assessing the situation about the announcement by President Trump ...and we will assess the situation and we will work with our partners to fill any gaps." "It is very important to continue what we are doing not only for COVID but for many, many, many, many other health programmes," she added, referring to action against polio, HIV and malaria among other diseases. She said that the WHO was 81 percent funded for the next two years as of the end of March, referring to its $4.8 billion biennial budget. The United States is the Geneva-based agency's biggest donor. Other big contributors are the Gates Foundation and Britain. source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-very-likely-animal-origin-102612087.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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