22/03/2020
Message from
Dr TV Narayana sir
President, IPA.
The French government has issued health advice to help stop the virus from spreading.
Hope this will help our people in creating awareness.
This advice includes:
1)Stay at home, except in exceptional circumstances.
Keep a 1 metre distance between yourself and others when you are out.
2)Wash your hands with soap or hydro-alcoholic sanitiser gel frequently.
3)Cough or sneeze into your elbow rather than your hands.
4)Use single use tissues and dispose immediately after use.
5)Do not shake hands, or greet people with kisses on the cheek.
6)If you are sick, everyone in the household must stay at home, and avoid any trips outdoors, and wear a mask in the company of others.
7)If you believe you are sick, do not go to the hospital or visit your local doctor as you may infect others. Instead call your local doctor and take paracetamol for the fever. Do not take anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen or cortisone to treat the possible symptoms of Covid-19 as these could actually worsen the infection.
8)If you have returned from a high risk area, including China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao); Singapore, South Korea, Iran or the Lombardy and Veneto regions of Italy, and present symptoms of respiratory infection such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing within 14 days of your return, call your local GP.
9)Do not go to your local
hospital or doctor, or call the number except in a genuine, life-threatening emergency.
10)A free hotline service can answer your questions about the coronavirus.
Let us all follow the call given by PM Modi and unite to fight the dreaded virus.
Yours,
Dr TV Narayana,
President, IPA.