Harianjogja.com, JAKARTA – The activity of eating and drinking at the restaurant received the spotlight from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC highlights the risk of activities when people are not always able to wear masks and practice social distancing in the area.
Launching Live Science on Saturday (9/12/2020), researchers analyzed information from 314 adults who were tested for Covid-19 at one of 11 health care facilities across the United States. All the participants had experienced some symptoms, about half of the participants received a positive test, while the other half received a negative test.
Participants were interviewed about the activities they did during the 14 days before Covid-19 symptoms started, including going to a shop, gym, office, salon, bar or coffee shop; attend a service, use public transportation or eat at a restaurant.
Overall, people tested positive for Covid-19 were twice as likely to report eating at a restaurant within 14 days before falling ill than people tested negative.
When the researchers excluded people who had contact with Covid-19 patients, they found that those who tested positive ate almost three times as much at restaurants, and nearly four times reported going to bars or coffee. shopping, compared to those who tested negative.
The authors note that one limitation of their study is that it does not differentiate between eating indoors and outdoors.
“Exposure and activities in which mask use and social distancing are difficult to maintain, including going to locations that offer on-site eating and drinking, may be important risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection,” write the investigators in their report.
The CDC recommends ways to reduce the risk of contracting Covid-19 while eating at restaurants, including wearing as many masks as possible when not eating and maintaining a distance of 1.8 meters from people who do not live together. Then sit outside if possible, and call ahead of time to ask if all staff in the restaurant wear masks while working.
Source: Bisnis.com
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