The Provincial Center for Disease Control recommends students how to prevent nCoV at home.

Thanh Chung• February 7, 2020 11:34

(Baonghean.vn) - The fact that students are allowed to stay home from school does not mean that the risk of nCoV is completely eliminated.

Từ hôm nay (07/02/2020), học sinh tỉnh Nghệ An được nghỉ học để phòng lây nhiễm nCoV. Ảnh: Tư liệu
From today (February 7), students in Nghe An province are off school to prevent nCoV infection. Photo courtesy

On the afternoon of February 5, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued an urgent dispatch allowing students at all levels (preschool, primary, middle school, high school, and continuing education) to stay home from school to prevent and control the acute respiratory disease caused by the new strain of Corona virus (nCoV). According to this dispatch, today (Friday, February 7), students are allowed to stay home from school until the Department of Education and Training announces the time to return to school.

Letting students stay home from school is to minimize the risk of the nCoV epidemic spreading. However, it does not mean that the risk of nCoV is completely eliminated. According to the Nghe An Provincial Center for Disease Control: Prevention and control of nCoV also needs to be taken care of right at the student's home.

Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of the Center for Disease Control of Nghe An province recommends: Nghe An province allows students in the province to stay home from school to help them limit contact with crowded places, reducing the risk of nCoV infection. Therefore, during this time off, parents should try to let their children stay home to study and not go out.

Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of Nghe An Province Center for Disease Control. Photo: Thanh Chung
At home, students need to ensure good personal hygiene to prevent disease, regularly wash their hands under running water with soap; exercise regularly, keep warm, eat cooked food, drink boiled water, ensure nutrition, eat lots of green vegetables to increase resistance. At home, children should not come into contact with wild animals or sick domestic animals or flu.

To prevent diseases for children, parents need to increase house hygiene with detergents, ensure the house is airy, dry, and not damp; clean livestock barns, spray disinfectants around the house and livestock areas.

In case of unavoidable circumstances, children must wear masks to prevent disease; limit going to crowded places; avoid contact with sick people or people with fever; if contact is necessary, stand 2 meters away.

If children show signs of fever, cough, or other health problems while at home, parents need to put masks on them and go to medical facilities for timely consultation, examination, and treatment. Do not arbitrarily buy medicine to treat at home.

Thanh Chung