And, we’re back in Stage 3 lockdown in Victoria. The numbers are rising, and the situation isn’t looking good. As a community we can do our part to curb this Coronavirus spread and get back to what was normality.
Dr Kaushik Banerjea, Executive Director Medical Services has a few simple suggestions on how we as a community can do our bit.
His suggestions are :
- It is your personal responsibility to keep yourself and others safe—not the government’s.
- Maintain meticulous hand hygiene and spatial distancing. This means no hugging and kissing.
- Maintain appropriate coughing and sneezing etiquette. Cough into your arm and sneeze into a tissue, and then dispose it—the tissue I mean, not your arm.
- Be sensible and stay away from crowds.
- Adhere to the government’s instructions and stay indoors. Go out only for essentials.
You can also do what Dr Banerjea has started in his hospital as a greeting. Instead of elbow bumps he’s introduced Namaste as a form of greeting among his colleagues and patients. This may well become the future form of greeting worldwide.
Stay well, stay safe everyone, and be kind.
