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As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread, governments around the world are pooling wisdom to cope with the epidemic.
Here are some practical tips offered to facilitate clean workplaces and prevent the in-house spread of the highly-contagious virus.
Q: Is wearing a face mask a must?
— The answer would almost always be a yes.
Whatever the settings involving people gathering, wearing a mask is one of the most effective ways to protect you from infection as COVID-19 mainly transmits through inhalable droplets.
Disease control experts advise that people should wear face masks through the working day.
Q: What employers should do to ward off the virus?
— One good starting point is establishing health files of employees.
Tracking their travel records and current health status can be useful in identifying suspected cases and timely quaran-tine and treatment if needed. Employers should adopt flexible office hours and other methods to avoid large gather-ings, and put more distance between employees.
Equip your workplace with hand sanitiser and other disinfectants, and provide your employees with face masks — the must-haves.
Q: How to have safe meetings?
First, keep the meeting room well ventilated; Second, clean and disinfect the surface of the desk, doorknob and the floor before and after the meeting; Third, reduce and shorten meetings, limit the presence, widen the distance between people and ensure they are masked; Last but not least, convene online whenever possible.
Q: What to do if an employee or a member of the business is confirmed infected? Is a shut-down necessary?
— The top priority is to find out the close contacts, put them under quarantine, and seek immediate medical treat-ment when there is a problem.
If the infection has not been detected in an early stage and extensive spread takes place, the organisation should un-dergo certain disease prevention and control measures.
Q: Are we supposed to shut down the central air-conditioning?
— Yes. When there is a local epidemic outbreak, you should not only shut down the central AC but also disinfect the whole workplace thoroughly. Seek professional psychological consulting services if need-ed. — Xinhua.
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