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the face of the rapidly spreading Third, the practice of blocking traffic
disease and an outsized number of and lockdown of villages is of no
infected people, there’s an urgent value for the prevention and control
need for effective infection of COVID-19. Since the outbreak of
prevention and control measures. COVID-19, some countries have
However, several measures that are suspended flights to and from China,
introduced haven't any scientific basis and prevented Chinese people from
and have proven to be ineffective. traveling to their countries; both of
First,although COVID-19 is spread those actions violate WHO
by the airborne route, air disinfection International Health Regulations.
of cities and communities isn’t known Similarly, in community prevention
to be effective for disease control and and control of the disease, the
wishes to be stopped. The widespread measures taken by individual villages
practice of spraying disinfectant and and communities to seal off roads are
alcohol within the sky, on roads, of no value. Such measures could
vehicles, and personnel has no value; result in civil unrest and reduce
moreover, large quantities of alcohol compliance with infection prevention
and disinfectant are potentially and control advice.
harmful to humans and need to be
avoided. Fourth, public health education must
be based on scientific evidence to
Second, in the use of private reduce the anxiety and distress caused
protective equipment, we should by misinformation. In particular,
always attempt to distinguish different epidemiological findings need to be
risk factors, adopt different epidemic reported in a timely and objective
prevention measures, and reduce the manner so that they can be accurately
waste of private protective assessed and interpreted. The risk of
equipment, as these resources are transmission with brief contact (less
already in brief supply. Although than 15 min face-to-face contact) or
surgical masks are in widespread use infection onset after 14 days of
by the overall population, there’s no exposure to a known infected person
evidence that these masks prevent the (the estimated maximum incubation
acquisition of COVID-19, although period) is low and should not be
they could slightly reduce the spread exaggerated. Misinformation spreads
from an infected patient. High- panic among the overall population
filtration masks like N95 masks and and isn't conducive to the
protective clothing (goggles and implementation of epidemic control
gowns) should be utilized in hospitals measures.
where health-care workers are in
direct contact with infected patients. Fifth, WHO has made it clear that
there are currently no known effective
treatments for COVID-19 and does
not recommend the use of antiviral
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