This is where Covid is spreading now, warns the doctor of the working group
Dr. Deborah Birx warns that these types of situations can lead to superspreader events.
When Covid-19 began to spread across the United States, health experts were very concerned about infections outside the home. Workplaces, schools, grocery stores, shopping centers and public transport were considered as some of the most risky locations for transmission. However, this fall and winter, things have changed and experts are more concerned about what is happening inside the house instead of it.
At a press conference Thursday in Connecticut,Dr Deborah Birx, key members of the Coronavirus Working Group of the White House warned that as the temperatures fall, more people are infected with friends and family only by foreigners. This is probably due to the fact that when people leave the house, they follow the fundamentals - such asmask, social distancing and practicing the hygiene of the hands, but when around their loved ones, they tend to drop their guard. Read on and ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
The virus extends "in homes and social occasions"
"The propagation of the virus does not occur both in the workplace and people took precautions," she explained.
"This happens in the homes and social occasions and the people who gather and take their mask and drop their guard and not physically distances," Birx said.
As the season progresses, it is even more important to take prevention methods seriously and to become aware of all situations that can lead to mass infections.
"This is the moment to actually increase asymptomatic tests, increase community awareness, ensuring that each member of the community knows that if they were with individuals outside their household, it could be A covidation propagation event, "said Birx. "Physically distancing and masks work even inside."
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How to limit your risk of COVID-19
Disease control and prevention centers recentlyDirective addedNotify people from spread potential to family vacation events. "Rases in person pose variable risk levels," they wrote, urging people to take into account various factors, including the Community levels of COVID-19, that the event takes place outside compared to The interior, the duration of the gathering, how many people will attend, where these people come and the behavior of these people before and during the event.
They also advise high-risk people - including the elderly and those who are immunocompromized - to "avoid gatherings in person with people who do not live in your household", quite and to "avoid greater gatherings And plan to attend activities that pose lower risk activities (as described in this page) if you decide to attend a rally in person with people who do not live in your household. "And to cross this pandemic with your healthiest, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.