Protect flu: take actions to limit chances of exposure to the virus. Adapt these everyday habits:
- Wash your hands with soap more frequently. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand gel containing at least 60% alcohol.
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick
- Try not touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu virus, and if you have to use disposable material to do that.
Enhance your immune system: good health means good immune system. Maintain and enhance your immune system:
- Try to stay in good general health
- Get plenty of sleep
- Be physically active
- Manage your stress
- Drink plenty of fluids
- Eat nutritious food
Think about others: protect your family and your loved ones. Take everyday actions and limit chances of spreading the virus:
Everyday actions
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and throw the tissue in the trash after using it. Using your elbow is better than sneezing into the air if you did not find tissue.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth; germs spread this way
- Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze specially after coughing or sneezing. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand gel containing at least 60% alcohol.
What you should do if you get sick:
- At this stage where there are limited cases, mainly from travelling to or coming from an infected country or if you are a close contact of a confirmed case,
1. seek medical attention immediately
2. go to the nearest healthcare facility (primary healthcare clinic, ambulatory healthcare clinic or hospital) not necessarily the Emergency
1. Limit contact with others and avoid close contact.
2. Stay home from work or school for 7 days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer.
3. If you have to leave home to see a doctor, you should wear a face mask.