Tips to avoid coronavirus infection and prevent its spread include in particular the following:
Wash your hands thoroughly
and frequently with soap and water for at least 20‑30 seconds
Use alcohol-based hand sanitizers
(containing at least 60% alcohol)
When sneezing and coughing, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or cough and sneeze into the crook of your elbow
Avoid frequent touching
of your face
Keep a distance of at least 1.5 m from other people
Wear a mask covering your nose
and mouth in accordance
with national recommendations
Do not use the same mask several times. Change disposable masks when they get wet. Wash fabric masks at 60 degrees after each use
Do not use your mobile phone
during meals and disinfect it frequently
Avoid contact with infected people
or people who are quarantined
Observe and follow all recommendations of the sanitary services and medical staff
Eat a healthy diet, drink enough water and boost your immune system
Avoid large groups of people
What to do during the pandemic
Follow
hygiene rules.
Be physically
active.
Have a regular
sleeping pattern.
Eat
healthily.
Take care of
your wellbeing.
Do things
you enjoy.
Make a shopping list
before going to the shop.
Use disposable gloves
when shopping.
Find a reliable source of information, e.g. GIS, WHO or Medicover.pl, but do not watch the news all the time.
Talk to your loved ones (either on the phone or instant messengers). Do not be afraid to tell them that you feel anxious.
COVID-19 and contact with food
Scientists are constantly monitoring how the virus spreads. There is no evidence to suggest that food and food packaging is a likely route of transmission for the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus. How to shop for your groceries during the pandemic?
- Make a shopping list
- Keep a distance in queues – ideally 1.5 m. Avoid large groups of people and if you can do the shopping online, do it.
- Wear a mask – you have to cover your nose and mouth in shops and in other enclosed spaces.
- Use disposable gloves when shopping.
- Use payment cards and electronic payments.
- Do not pick through or touch food that is to be eaten without washing or cooking – e.g. bread, confectionery, fruit and vegetables.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth when shopping.
- Coronavirus does not multiply on the surface of food packaging – it only multiplies in human or animal bodies, so you do not need to disinfect packaging, but wash your hands after unpacking your shopping and before eating.
- At home, wash fruit and vegetables and then dry them or leave them to dry. Meat, poultry and eggs should always be cooked at 70°C – coronaviruses and other viruses and bacteria are killed at 70°C.
