Suara.com – Health Specialist United States (USA) Doctor Faheem Younus provide tips on staying safe traveling with bus and the car at time pandemic Covid-19.
Moreover, the Regulation on Restriction of Community Activities or Emergency PPKM still requires workers in the essential sector to continue working, and some of them use public transportation such as buses and trains.
Doctor Faheem in his tweet on Twitter @FaheemYounus, explained that there are 4 steps that essential sector workers should take when using crowded buses and commuter line (KRL) trains to avoid Covid-19.
1. Stay close to an open window
This is in accordance with guidelines issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which reveal the fact that the corona virus spreads most quickly through aerosols, and the risk increases if the room is poorly ventilated.
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So that if you are close to an open window or door, air exchange can continue to occur, and the air exposed to the virus can quickly change to new, cleaner air to breathe.
2. Wear an N95 or KN95 mask
Although the KN95 mask according to the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) research is not as good as the N95 mask which is able to filter aerosols up to 95 percent and filter particles up to 0.3 microns in size.
However, the ECRI research still says that if KN95 is able to protect better than surgical masks or cloth masks, the use of KN95 in areas with a high risk of being exposed to the corona virus is still not recommended.
3. Do not shake hands
As is known, the CDC also released, if hands can be a medium of transmission if hands containing the virus touch the nose and mouth, which ultimately makes the virus enter the respiratory tract, so shaking hands is not recommended.
4. Try less than 15 minutes
This was confirmed by the Lung and Respiratory Specialist at Eka Hospital Pekanbaru, dr. Indra Yovi, in his statement to Suara.com, said that a person could be exposed to Covid-19 if they came face-to-face with an exposed patient within a radius of 1 meter for 15 minutes or more.
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5. Use a pocket handsanitizer
Doctor Faheem calls it a hand sanitizer that is easy to carry everywhere, so workers when on a train or bus don’t have to look for a place to wash their hands, but can use a temporary hand sanitizer.
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