Corona Virus (COVID-19)

1. Most cases can be with no symptoms or little symptoms. Symptoms can be cough, fever, diarrhea, aches, confusion or breathing difficulty. It's a highly infectious disease.
2. If your symptoms are mild, quarantine yourself at home, after confirming it with Doctors. Avoid taking Ibuprofen or anti-inflammatory medications for this illness. If you are on it already, check with doctor. Distance yourself from family members. Keep yourself hydrated. Wear a mask. Make sure you can drink, eat and pee normally. Any worsening of breathing, or situation, you need to go to Hospital. Let everyone make aware that you have the Corona Virus.
3. If you are hospitalized, trust the medical and health professionals to do their jobs. You may need supportive treatment. Immunoglobulins, Steroids, Chloroquine, and Antivirals Medications also can be given. Try to stay positive, as only 2% of people die from this Corona Virus. Concentrate mentally on getting better. Keep breathing slowly and steadily. Don't give up!
4. If you are getting worse, you may need Intensive Care Support. It’s likely from Lung failure or Septic Shock. You may have various tubes inserted and you may not be totally aware of things happening. It’s unlikely you will be in pain. But, this is highly unlikely, therefore, relax and rest.

1. It's thought the virus spread is predominantly during the asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic phase, so you never know where you are going to catch it.
2. Travel restrictions may not help, as it may have spread already globally except restricting travel to severe epidemic areas where the infection is actively spreading.
3. Don't hoard supplies. This will create unnecessary panic and depletion of supplies artificially. Keep a balance and deal with situations keeping in mind yourself, family, neighbors, and country.
4. Don't ostracise people who are already infected. It could be you, real soon. It's simple humanity to care for others.
5. Help and support medical, nursing, emergency and hospital staff to help you and others. They are trying to do the best, whilst putting themselves at risk and dealing with limited resources.
6. Staying calm and composed keeps your immune system ready to fight the virus.

1. No belts, wallets, cash/coins (not possible to clean them effectively).
2. Use mobile phone as less often as possible (especially during ward rounds).
3. Before going home at the end of the shift: place pen, stethoscope and hospital notes if any in a plastic resealable bag after cleaning them with alcohol 70%. Leave them in hospital if possible.
4. ‘Bare below elbows’ in hospital (fold sleeves up to elbows)to prevent cross infection.
5. Use some cheap or old shoes if possible while going to hospital and throw them away when the pandemic is over.
6. Clean stethoscope with 70% alcohol each time after examining a patient.
7. Clean mobile phone, spectacles with 70% alcohol at least once before leaving the ward and going home.
8. When getting close to patient during examination or taking blood samples or any intervention – use the best possible PPE. If PPE is not provided by the hospital, better buy yourself to save your life.
9. Frequent shower and change dress more frequently.
10. Shaving is really important as FFP masks do not completely protect as proper facial seal cannot be achieved (NHS & US health authorities recommendation).

1. Don't travel into an epidemic(you will get it)
2. Don't travel out of an epidemic (you will spread it)
3. Avoid all non essential air travel. Flight cabins are closed spaces. You can't open the window for fresh air!
4. Traveling by taxi, bus and train? Open the window if you can. Try social distancing if you can. Don't touch the surfaces unnecessarily. Make sure you wash your hands or shower after every travel.
5. Walk or cycle if feasible. Healthy too. Avoid Corona now. Avoid heart attack later.
6. Check all the Govt advice before travelling. No point getting stuck in long queues, giving yourself up to Corona. If the destination country does not allow you to enter, how can you?
7. Respect all the quarantine rules locally and at destination.

1. Adequate surge capacity in Hospitals for outbreaks.
2. Public health infrastructure to support testing.
3. Robust contact tracing to curtail "hot spots and outbreaks".
4. Widespread access to serology blood testing to determine who is already immune to the corona virus.
5. Ability of enforce and propagate public health measures like mask wearing, safe distancing, washing hands and stay at home for suspected or confirmed mild cases.
6. Leadership and Management of state and companies in a dynamic and flexible way to foresee problems and rectify them, in addition to promote sustainable economic growth.