According to WHO, there were 1799 people had died from the Influenza A(H1N1) as of 13th August 2009. All this started few months ago, in Mexico. From Mexico, it spread to North and South America, then slowly spread to the whole world through the help of air transportation.
The tendency of the virus to be able to transmit human-to-human is startling. Therefore, we must some take precautions measures. Firstly, wear facial mask whenever we go to any crowded places (if necessary) or visit a A(H1N1) patient. This will reduce the risk for a person to be infected with the virus. Secondly, always wash hand after come out from toilet, before put on and after take off the facial mask, after touched a patient with influenza-like symptoms, and after come back from crowded places. Despite hand washing looked easy, but many people usually wash their hands in a inappropriate manner. This could largely due to many people have underestimated the consequences of not practice proper hand washing method. With hands accumulated with various germs, bacteria, virus etc, a person could get infected if he touch his nose, mouth or eyes.
It is not hard to adopt the proper technique of hand washing. Just follow the following steps:
Remember, we have the responsibility to contain the virus and together we can win against this deadly virus.
The tendency of the virus to be able to transmit human-to-human is startling. Therefore, we must some take precautions measures. Firstly, wear facial mask whenever we go to any crowded places (if necessary) or visit a A(H1N1) patient. This will reduce the risk for a person to be infected with the virus. Secondly, always wash hand after come out from toilet, before put on and after take off the facial mask, after touched a patient with influenza-like symptoms, and after come back from crowded places. Despite hand washing looked easy, but many people usually wash their hands in a inappropriate manner. This could largely due to many people have underestimated the consequences of not practice proper hand washing method. With hands accumulated with various germs, bacteria, virus etc, a person could get infected if he touch his nose, mouth or eyes.
It is not hard to adopt the proper technique of hand washing. Just follow the following steps:
- Wet both hands with clean water.
- Apply soup until it cover all hand surface.
- Rub palm to palm with each hand.
- Rub right palm over left dorsum with interlaced fingers and vice versa.
- Rub palm to palm with finger interlaced.
- Clean the backs of fingers to opposing palm with finger interlocked.
- Rub left thumb clasped in right palm in rotational motion and vice versa.
- In rotational motion again, rub forward and backwards with clasped finger in right hand in left palm and vice versa.
- Washing away the foam through a running tap before dry hands with a clean cloth or tissue.
Remember, we have the responsibility to contain the virus and together we can win against this deadly virus.
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