How to Self Quarantine Amid Coronavirus - SPREAD OF coronavirus that is increasingly widespread makes us have to be vigilant. In some countries, it has been socialized to quarantine yourself if you feel that you have traveled where there is an outbreak of coronavirus or close to people affected by the coronavirus, as a precaution.
However, not everyone takes quarantine seriously.
While health officials continue to advise patients to "quarantine themselves," the public apparently does not yet understand what it really means. In fact, people doing their own quarantine properly is very important in preventing further spread of the virus.
Launching from Time, Saturday (7/3) if someone has traveled to an area affected by a coronavirus, is near someone suspected of having a virus, or is starting to notice symptoms that are not good on the body, they are advised to quarantine themselves.
People within 6 feet of an infected person are at risk and must quarantine themselves as a precaution.
So, quarantine yourself is:
- Stay at home for 14 days, and avoid contact with other people or animals. This means you do not go to work, do not leave the house on public transportation, do not run errands, or no one can visit your home.
- Although friends and family can send essential items, they may not come in contact with infected people. Food can be sent but must be left at the front door.
- People also have to monitor their symptoms when quarantined themselves. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends "seeking immediate medical attention" if symptoms worsen.
- Home quarantine should only be stopped when "the risk of secondary transmission to others is considered low," the CDC said, adding that the decision to end quarantine itself must be made in consultation with health providers as well as state and local providers.
Then, how does it affect others in your home and family? If an infected person shares a house with another person, they must separate themselves from the people and animals that live on the property.
The CDC recommends that infected people are obliged to wear masks when entering public spaces, to cover coughing and sneezing. Also, wash hands frequently, avoid sharing household items, and regularly clean all surfaces of often touched items such as door handles, windows, tables, chairs, refrigerator doors, and so on.
If someone suspects they have coronavirus, they should contact a health care provider to tell them about their symptoms. Patients should not appear without notice at a health facility because this risks exposing others to the virus.
When we violate our self-quarantine 'rules', what are the effects? The CDC says health officials have the right to enforce isolation or quarantine. More sadistically, in some countries, some rules violating quarantine orders is a criminal offense.
In the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) can make official orders for quarantine itself. US Customs and Border Protection and the US Coast Guard also have the right to enforce quarantine mandated by the federal government.
So that's why self-quarantine is so essential because quarantine alone can help stop the spread of new coronaviruses.
On March 3 yesterday, COVID-19 had a 3.4 percent mortality rate, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Quarantine itself not only prevents others from falling ill but can also save lives.
"The big problem is that transmission of this virus is still not understood," said David Heymann, professor of Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases at the London School of Hygiene, launching Time.
"It is understood how it is transmitted from person to person - social contact, sneezing, coughing, face to face, and in hospitals where there is no adequate prevention and control of infection - but how easily this spread in other circumstances is unknown at this time."
However, not everyone takes quarantine seriously.
While health officials continue to advise patients to "quarantine themselves," the public apparently does not yet understand what it really means. In fact, people doing their own quarantine properly is very important in preventing further spread of the virus.
Launching from Time, Saturday (7/3) if someone has traveled to an area affected by a coronavirus, is near someone suspected of having a virus, or is starting to notice symptoms that are not good on the body, they are advised to quarantine themselves.
People within 6 feet of an infected person are at risk and must quarantine themselves as a precaution.
So, quarantine yourself is:
- Stay at home for 14 days, and avoid contact with other people or animals. This means you do not go to work, do not leave the house on public transportation, do not run errands, or no one can visit your home.
- Although friends and family can send essential items, they may not come in contact with infected people. Food can be sent but must be left at the front door.
- People also have to monitor their symptoms when quarantined themselves. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends "seeking immediate medical attention" if symptoms worsen.
- Home quarantine should only be stopped when "the risk of secondary transmission to others is considered low," the CDC said, adding that the decision to end quarantine itself must be made in consultation with health providers as well as state and local providers.
Then, how does it affect others in your home and family? If an infected person shares a house with another person, they must separate themselves from the people and animals that live on the property.
The CDC recommends that infected people are obliged to wear masks when entering public spaces, to cover coughing and sneezing. Also, wash hands frequently, avoid sharing household items, and regularly clean all surfaces of often touched items such as door handles, windows, tables, chairs, refrigerator doors, and so on.
How should someone seek medical attention when quarantining themselves?
If someone suspects they have coronavirus, they should contact a health care provider to tell them about their symptoms. Patients should not appear without notice at a health facility because this risks exposing others to the virus.
When we violate our self-quarantine 'rules', what are the effects? The CDC says health officials have the right to enforce isolation or quarantine. More sadistically, in some countries, some rules violating quarantine orders is a criminal offense.
In the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) can make official orders for quarantine itself. US Customs and Border Protection and the US Coast Guard also have the right to enforce quarantine mandated by the federal government.
So that's why self-quarantine is so essential because quarantine alone can help stop the spread of new coronaviruses.
On March 3 yesterday, COVID-19 had a 3.4 percent mortality rate, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Quarantine itself not only prevents others from falling ill but can also save lives.
"The big problem is that transmission of this virus is still not understood," said David Heymann, professor of Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases at the London School of Hygiene, launching Time.
"It is understood how it is transmitted from person to person - social contact, sneezing, coughing, face to face, and in hospitals where there is no adequate prevention and control of infection - but how easily this spread in other circumstances is unknown at this time."
