Wash hands often with soap and running water, for at least 20 seconds. Dry with paper towel or hand dryer.Try not to touch your eyes, nose or mouth.Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. If you don’t have a tissue cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve or elbow.Isolate yourself at home if you feel sick. If you take medication ensure you have adequate supplies.Phone your GP first if you need medical attention. They will tell you what to do.Continue healthy habits: exercise, drink water, get plenty of sleep.Don't wear a face mask if you are well.Buy an alcohol-based hand sanitiser with over 60 per cent alcohol.Get the flu shot (available April).Shaking hands is optional!
Many people who contract COVID–19 will suffer only mild symptoms. However early indications are that the elderly and people with pre-existing medical conditions are more at risk of experiencing severe symptoms. The most common symptoms reported include:FeverBreathing difficulties such as breathlessnessCoughSore throatFatigue or tiredness.
COVID-19 spreads through close contact with an infected person; mostly face-to-face or within a household. It cannot jump across a room or be carried for long distances in the air so we should all go about our lives as normal. Close contact means greater than 15 minutes face-to-face or the sharing of a closed space for more than two hours with a confirmed case.A close contact could include any person meeting any of the following criteria:living in the same household or household-like setting (for example, a boarding school or hostel)direct contact with the body fluids or laboratory specimens of a confirmed case a person who spent two hours or longer in the same room face-to-face contact for more than 15 minutes with the case in any other setting not listed above.Further information can be obtained on the DET website - https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorian-public-coronavirus-disease-covid-19
