Health experts provide tips to be safe buying or snacking from outside the home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Illustration: Ricardo/JPNN.com
jpnn.com, JAKARTA – Many people are reluctant to eat from outside for fear of contamination virus during the pandemic. Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Specialist and Head and Neck Surgeon dr. Lia Natalia, Sp.ENT-KL said that basically it’s okay to buy food from outside.
According to him, the public must pay attention to fulfilling a number of health requirements, one of which is hygiene.
“In terms of hygiene, buying food in plastic food packaging during a pandemic reduces the risk of virus transmission through cross contamination,” said dr. Lia in Jakarta, Tuesday (24/8).
The doctor who graduated from Gadjah Mada University explained that the things that need to be considered when ordering food packaged in plastic still apply health protocol.
“The corona virus is necessary host We live to survive and multiply, so we don’t really need to disinfect the food packaging that we order from outside, but what we need to do is that the hands that have touched the packaging must be washed immediately with soap, especially if we want to eat,” he said.
Doctor Lia explained that SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV can be transmitted in two ways, namely directly and indirectly.
“Directly is transmission through the nose, eyes and mouth, through the secretion of saliva or droplets of 5-10 micro meters.”
While indirectly through contact between susceptible hosts and contaminated surfaces.
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