CORONA VIRUS - COVID 19


The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of a new continuous cough and/or high temperature. If you have these symptoms, however mild, stay at home and do not leave your house for 7 days from when your symptoms started (if you live alone), or 14 days (if you live with someone who has symptoms). You do not need to call NHS 111 to go into self-isolation. If your symptoms worsen during home isolation or are no better after 7 days, contact NHS 111 online. If you have no internet access, you should call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999.


Things you can do to help yourself: 

• Wash your hands more often than usual, for 20 seconds using soap and hot water, particularly after coughing, sneezing and blowing your nose, or after being in public areas where other people are doing so. Use hand sanitiser if that’s all you have access to.

• To reduce the spread of germs when you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue, or your sleeve (not your hands) if you don’t have a tissue, and throw the tissue in a bin immediately. Then wash your hands or use a hand sanitising gel.

• Clean and disinfect regularly touched objects and surfaces using your regular cleaning products to reduce the risk of passing the infection on to other people.

• If you think you have got the infection and are unwell and you think you may have Corona Virus, please click on this link: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/check-if-you-have-coronavirus-symptoms/

• https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/what-to-do-if-you-or-someone-you-live-with-has-coronavirus-symptoms/staying-at-home-if-you-or-someone-you-live-with-has-coronavirus-symptoms/

• Breathing exercises can be very helpful for your general respiratory health: Go to the following video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWaC5l9G48E

Patients at Higher Risk of Corona Virus

At the current time and based on Goverment understanding of what is known of COVID 19, it is likely that older people and those with chronic medical conditions may be vulnerable to severe diease and complications. As more information emerges recommendations may change:

Please click on the followinghttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/people-at-higher-risk-from-coronavirus/

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