Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Coronavirus infection (Covid-19) often occur in public places. People need to strictly adhere to health protocols, without exception if they are forced to move outside the home.
Currently, most Covid-19 patients are asymptomatic or develop only mild symptoms that many of the patients are unaware they have been infected with. This situation, has often happened in the patient’s case.
United States (US) health practitioner Sanjay Gupta said the majority of Covid-19 infections have occurred in at least five places. Society needs to be careful in this regard.
“These are really the five main locations where 80% of virus transmission occurs in our society,” said Gupta in an interview with CNN International, as quoted by CNBC Indonesia, Monday (22/2/2021).
Three of the five places are put into one category, namely bars, cafes and restaurants. The reason is the indoor setting and the large number of customers that can potentially create a crowd.
In addition, customers must take off their masks to eat and drink. There have been many studies showing that eating indoors increases the risk of transmitting Covid-19.
One September study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that some Americans who have tested positive for Covid-19 reported having eaten in restaurants in the past 14 days.
Two other locations mentioned are hotels and places of worship. Especially for hotels, this location is considered to have high mobility throughout the day, where some of them could come from the airport and have the potential to spread Covid-19.
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