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A TAKEON COVID 19

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Spectrum Industrial, a trading division of Centurion are doing their part surrounding the world pandemic, Covid-19 by developing products to help keep your customers safe, calm and flowing in the greatest time of need. Information currently circulating can be confusing, complicated and sometimes contradictory on how best to implement operational improvements and methods to control the spread of virus.

Here, we’ve compiled some simple information, some guideline steps and some helpful tips to do your part as everyone ramps up for isolation within the UK. As the recent news shows, essential businesses such as the NHS, private hospitals, grocery stores, supermarkets and relevant healthcare walk in/contact centres will be active and open as normal, but under control of social distancing guidelines.

These cover but aren’t limited to

1. Washing your hands more often, for 20 seconds or more, using quality hand soap and hot water. Especially if you just have coughed, sneezed or blown your nose. If you have just passed through a communal area and touched surfaces, the same applies. Of course, if you have access to hand sanitizer, it’s advised to use this following any contact with others.

2. Ensure that you sneeze or cough into a tissue if at all possible, or your sleeve if taken by surprise. This is proven to limit any droplets leaving your personal area and travelling the 2m to another person. Dispose of the tissue if you happen to use this and repeat washing your hands.

3. Clean, disinfect and limit contact on regular touched objects, thereby reducing risks of passing on the virus.

2m2m Why 2 meters?

Social distancing is a term and tool currently being implemented across the world. Public health organisations recommend that 2m (6 feet) is a competent control measure to slow down, limit or eradicate the spread of the coronavirus or any other pathogen. The social distancing is provingto be the best control measure the government can implement. It’s seen as so important as the virus spreads when an infected person coughs droplets into the air. Somebody within the 2m distance could potentially inhale this causing the infection to be developed.

Simply put, 2m means people stay far away enough from each other to prevent any cross contamination. We still don’t know everything we need to on the virus itself hence why there’s so much information on everyone’s idea of best practice.

However, we want to help you deliver the measures which do work and are being recommended from WHO (World Health Organisation). Everyone is now being told to follow the social distancing rules, especially higher risk individuals such as over-70’s, pregnant women and adults with underlying health issues.

Social distancing cannot 100% stop all transmissions, however, close contact person to person is the most likely method of spread. This simple rule carried out effectively and on a large scale, this will categorically break or slow down the curve of transmission.

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Who is at a higher risk?

Everyone involved with Covid-19 admits there are still some things to learn.However, as with most viruses, its consistent that certain individuals are in a higherrisk bracket and therefore, extra precautions need to be taken for these individuals.

*Something to note- Even if you’re not high risk, you may be a carrier not showingsymptoms, meaning any contact you have with a high-risk person could spread the virus to them and cause them serious health issues for them. Consider taking extracare if you’re not high risk yourself, but meet another who is*

Underlying illnesses considered high risk (Not limited to)

• High Blood Pressure.

• Older persons in general but especially with those with health concerns.

• Diabetes.

• Cancer.

• Lung Disease & other respiratory problems.

• Heart Disease.

If Covid-19 is contracted with these already existing health issues, it seems to develop quicker with more serious complications.

Panic spreads faster than the pandemic

Panic spreads faster than any virus the world has ever seen. With immediate access online, to get information from one side of the globe to another has never been easier. However, with the barrier to entry so minimal, it opens the floodgates for a lot of poor and incorrect information to be spread immediately. Even if this information is coming from a certified place and with good intentions, it could potentially be detrimental to the overall control of this pandemic. Social media platforms amplify uncertainties and misinformation.

A simple rule to weed out any unauthorised or unproven information is to take information from credible news sources. If the news isn’t covering the story, its more than likely too early to take any real action on the information outlined.

With so much information out there currently, combing through the wrong from the right can be confusing and contradictory. However, essential sectors across the UK can control and alleviate some panic with some simple additions to their premises. Everyone still needs to shop for food and basic medical supplies from supermarkets and otherwise, what we do know is that the 2m rule is the easiest form of control to implement. Spectrum Industrial a trading division of Centurion Europe have developed a range for you to quickly and easily transition into highly visual, easy to understand and follow product range. You can view the full range here www.spectrum-industrial.co.uk.

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Is it safe to receive a package from a possibly infected area?

Yes. The likelihood of an infected person contaminating commer-cial goods is low and the risk of catching the virus that causes COVID-19 from a package that has been moved, travelled, and exposed to different conditions and temperature is also very low.

Simple precautions to help protect yourself

1. Regularly, thoroughly and effectively clean your hands by all means possible. Whether this is alcohol base hand gel throughout the day, or by washing your hands with soap and hot water whenever you can. • Washing your hands and using sanitizer gel kills viruses that could be living on your hands.

2. Maintain the recommended 2m (6 feet) social distancing wherever possible. Especially if you are near to anyone coughing or sneezing.

• The small droplets omitted from these bodily functions could contain Covid-19 virus. • Being too close to someone with the virus could mean contracting the virus yourself.

3. Avoid touching eyes nose and mouth if you haven’t just washed your hands.

• Hands are the place carrying most germs at any one time as they touch the most things during the day. • From here touching eyes, nose and mouth could easily mean Covid-19 entering the body this way and making you infected and ill.

4. Be vigilant with the people around you, are they following the guidelines also?

• Without the co-operation of everyone working together, the curve flattening out will be slower, everyone working together will speed up the process. • Follow good respiratory hygiene when coughing and sneezing will have a great positive impact.

5. If you feel unwell, stay home.

• Calling 111 when you have any symptoms • Which is all up to date and relevant for almost all situations surrounding Covid-19. • Using this method of staying isolated if unwell will reduce any contact with others, further strengthening the methodology in reducing person to person contact.

6. Keep up to date from credible sources for all the latest information. • Local and National News. • Government Websites such as www.who.int, www.gov.uk.

7. Your mental wellbeing. Any concerns surround your mental wellbeing please follow: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/

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The World Health Organisations provides a lot of information regarding many myths on Coronvirus, this can be viewed at www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters.

HERE WE PROVIDE A TOP LINE VIEW OF WHAT THE WHO SAY.

COVID-19 CAN BE TRANSMITTED IN ALL AREAS, REGARDLESS OR CLIMATE.

The best way to protect yourself against COVID-19 is by frequently cleaning your hands. Eliminate virusesthat may be on your hands and avoid infection that could occur by then touching your eyes, mouth and nose.

COLD WEATHER CANNOT KILL COVID-19 OR OTHER DISEASES.

Regardless of the external temperature or weather.The most effective way to protect yourself against COVID-19 is by frequently cleaning your hands with alcohol based hand rub orwashing them with soap and water.

COVID-19 VIRUS CAN BE TRANSMITTED IN AREAS WITH HOT AND HUMID CLIMATES

COLD WEATHER AND SNOW CANNOT KILL THE NEW CORONAVIRUS.

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TAKING A HOT BATH WILL NOT PREVENT YOU CATCHING COVID-19.

The normal human body temperature remains around 36.5°Cand 37°C, regardless of your bath or shower. The best way protect yourself against COVID-19 is by frequently cleaning your hands.

NO! HAND DRYERS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE IN KILLING COVID-19

To protect yourself against the new coronavirus, you should frequently clean your hands. Once your hands are cleaned, you should dry them thoroughly by using paper towels or a warm air dryer.

TAKING A HOT BATH DOES NOT PREVENT THE NEW CORONAVIRUS DISEASE

ARE HAND DRYERS EFFECTIVE IN KILLING THE NEW CORONAVIRUS?

CAN EATING GARLIC HELP PREVENT INFECTION WITH THE NEW CORONAVIRUS?

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT EATING GARLIC HAS PROTECTED PEOPLE FROM COVID-19

However, Garlic is a healthy food that may have some antimicrobial properties.

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Mankind and Planet Earth are Resilient

In this time of great distress for so many across the world, with Covid-19 spreading and isolation for close family and friends becoming ever more urgent, there have been some small areas of hope, something we should share.

1. Pollution drops as countries go into lock down, the environment is breathing freely for the first time in centuries. Meaning high polluted areas are recovering from at a rapid rate.

2. Canals go clear and water qualities improve considerably. Venice has seen a unprecedented improvement in the quality of water in their canal system as well as many more examples worldwide, allowing for marine life to thrive.

3. Acts of Kindness with thousands of volunteers helping deliver to those in need have shown the best in humanity in the face of adversity

4. Italy’s balcony concerts – The country is in lock down but residents take to their balconies to sing songs of hope to-gether creating a unique bond that will carry forward when the pandemic ceases.

5. A Creativity Boom – With isolation, restrictions and having to find new ways to have fun and keep active. Creativity ideas are souring, especially for educational and fitness purposes which will strengthen the economy in new and exciting ways for years to come.

PEOPLE OF ALL AGES CAN BE INFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS.

Older people, and people with pre-existing medial conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.

TO DATE, THERE IS NO SPECIFIC MEDICINE TO PREVENT OR TREAT THE NEW CORONAVIRUS

However, those infected with the virus should receive appropriate care to relieve and treat symptoms, and those with severe illness should receive optimized supportive care.

DOES THE NEW CORONAVIRUS AFFECT OLDER PEOPLE, OR ARE YOUNGER PEOPLE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE?

ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC MEDICINES TO PREVENT OR TREAT THE NEW CORONAVIRUS?

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www.spectrum-industrial.co.uk

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REFERENCE SOURCES:www.bbc.co.uk/news/health ww.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters