a/o Feb.18 Health Promotion Section, Iwakuni City
It is very important to take the same preventive measures you would normally use against infectious diseases such as common cold and flu like washing your hands and practicing “coughing-etiquette”.
It’s an infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus with no confirmed case of infection to human before.
It’s an infectious virus to animals and human. There have been 6 known types to this day that are infectious to human. Among them, SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) and MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) are known to cause grave respiratory disease while others would cause minor disease such as common cold even if infected.
Currently, you get infected by respiratory droplets and/or physical contact.
The virus in droplets spreads from sneezing, coughing or spitting of an infected person.
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Other person takes in the virus through mouth or nose and become infected.
An infected person puts his hand over the mouth when coughing or sneezing.
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The hand touches something around him and leaves the virus on it.
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The other person touches it and the virus transmits to his hand.
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The hand touches his mouth or nose and he gets infected through mucous membrane.
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We’d like to call on aged people and people with a chronic disease to avoid crowded area to the maximum extent practicable.
“Hand washing” is absolutely essential. After you return home from outings, before and after cooking or before meals, make it a rule to wash your hands with a soap or alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
A virus may have transmitted to your hand by touching a door knob, a hanging strap and what not. Please try to wash your hands whenever your return home from outside, before or after cooking or before meal.
・Clip the nails.
・Take off a watch or a ring.
Try to sustain the immune system high by taking enough sleep and well-balanced meals on a daily basis.
Dry air lowers the defense mechanism of mucous membrane. A humidifier can keep the room air moist (preferably with 50-60 % humidity level).
When you need to sneeze or cough, wear a mask or cover your nose and mouth with a tissue paper to avoid the virus contained droplets from landing on others.
Japan-US Friendship Concert in Iwakuni was held at Iwakuni City Culture Center, Feb. 8. An accumulative 200 students from schools on base and local schools from the neighboring municipalities to the base participated in the concert. Yuu-Nishi Elementary School, Yuu Junior High School and Marifu Daiko Team represented the Iwakuni city. Students have spent hours practicing together at facilities both off and on base, introducing each other at the get-together after practice sessions to strengthen Japan-US friendship.
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