Practice of handwashing: An effective tool to control COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a dreaded disease affecting the whole world with no proven pharmaceutical intervention and also no proven vaccine available till now. It is caused by a novel virus called as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. This virus is highly contagious and sp...

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Published in:Journal of the scientific society (Belgaum) 2021-05, Vol.48 (2), p.60-64
Main Author: Swain, Santosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
Communicable diseases
Control
coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Detergents
Disease control
Epidemics
Hand washing
handwashing
Health aspects
Hygiene
Pandemics
Personal hygiene
Prevention
Public health
Respiratory diseases
Respiratory tract
Respiratory tract diseases
Sanitizers
Sensitizing
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sneezing
Soaps
Vaccines
Viral diseases
Viruses
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a dreaded disease affecting the whole world with no proven pharmaceutical intervention and also no proven vaccine available till now. It is caused by a novel virus called as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. This virus is highly contagious and spread through the droplets of the infected persons by coughing, sneezing, or even touching the infected surface. In such situation, prevention is an important option to control this COVID-19 infection. The role of the handwashing for preventing the communicable diseases has been known for more than century. Handwashing is an inexpensive and widely available protective measure for both personal and pandemic prevention of the viral respiratory tract infections. However, it remains a neglected public health measure in pandemic. Educating for hand hygiene is remarkably beneficial for prevention of the COVID-19 infections. Alcohol-based sanitizers with moisturizers have least irritancy and sensitizing potential in comparison to the soaps and synthetic detergents.
ISSN:0974-5009
2278-7127
DOI:10.4103/jss.jss_110_20