“Home.” Soap. Two metres. - SPCC launches a public awareness campaign on the most important principles of COVID-19 prevention

The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control launches a public awareness campaign to inform citizens about THE prevention and precautionary principles OF COVID-19 in order to avoid the spread of infection.
Coronavirus inducing COVID-19 infection is distributed by direct contact with an infected person, with small drops that occur in the infected person speaking, sneezing or coughing or indirect contact by touching surfaces and objects contaminated with airway discharge. The main precautions recommended by the leading specialists are therefore:
1. Stay at home, if possible, to work remotely and to refrain from attending public places in general or to do so only in exceptional circumstances;
2. Wash hands with soap and do it frequently, carefully, at least 20 seconds. It is particularly important to wash hands when returning home after a public visit, after sneezing and coughing, after contact with the patients or their environment, after a toilet visit, before eating and in other cases;
3. A two-meter distance from other people, or social distances, should always be observed in cases where they are still going out of the house.
Compliance with these simple precautions and changing habits is an essential step in limiting THE spread OF COVID-19 virus!
Placement of informative promotional material on radio, TV, portals, social networks, and placement in environmental ads
For reference: 
The new coronavirus disease COVID-19 is characterised by signs of respiratory disease (increased temperature, cough, inflamed throat and difficulty breathing). These signs are generally mild and begin progressively. Some people are infected, but they do not have any signs of disease. Most people (about 80%) are recovering from disease without special treatment. About 1 in 6 people who are infected with COVID-19, the disease is severe in the form of severe respiratory disorders and fever. Elderly people and those with health problems such as increased blood pressure, heart failure or diabetes have increased risk of severe disease. 
THE SPCC provides an opportunity for citizens to receive answers to questions of interest on THE COVID-19 of the new coronavir disease. By calling phone number 67387661, SPCC specialists provide citizens with answers to questions related to COVID-19, quarantine, self-isolation, and indicate where more information on the topic of interest can be sought.
Ilze Arja, Head of Communication Unit
The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control,
Tel. 67387667; 29487552; prese@spkc.gov.lv