COVID19 PREVENTION BY SELF IMPOSED METHODS

(The following are the abstract from article published in the journal of PLOS MEDICINE)

A modelling study findings on the impact of self-imposed prevention measures and short-term government-imposed social distancing on mitigating and delaying a Covid19 epidemic.

The study suggests that information dissemination about Covid19, which causes individual adoption of handwashing, mask-wearing and social distancing can be an effective strategy to mitigate and delay the epidemic. Early initiated short-term government-imposed social distancing can buy time for health care systems to prepare for an increasing Covid19 burden. We stress the importance of disease awareness in controlling the on going epidemic and recommended that, in addition to policies on social distancing, governments and public health institutions mobilize people to adopt self-imposed measures with proven efficacy in order to successfully tackle Covid 19.

The study was conducted to help the public health policy makers of diffrent countries who are seeking recommendations on how to delay and/or flatten it's peak. Other aspect is the evaluation of the impact of social distancing mandated by the government in many countries and of other prevention measures to control further spread of Covid19 is urgent, especially because of the large social and economic impact of the former.


( Authors of the article: 
Alexandra Teslya, Thi Mui Pham, Noortje G. Godijk, Mirjam E. Kretzschmar, Martin C. J. Bootsma and Ganna Rozhnova. All are affiliated to Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University of Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.)

In short, since Covid19 is spreading fast all over the world, no vaccine to prevent the spread  and no medicine to cure the disease, most effective method is to prevent by every individual of every country. Wearing mask, a two meter distancing with all and washing the hands with soap for 20 to 30 seconds frequently are the most approved methods to prevent the pandemic.

KV George
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