Coronavirus in the Canary Islands: Health sends messages to the mobile informing on how to prevent coronavirus at home - La Provincia
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Government, through the General Directorate of Public Health, informs from today by sms of the instructions for the prevention at home of infection by coronavirus COVID-19 to people in quarantine and their cohabitants or close contacts.
As reported by the Ministry of Health, It is a complement to the information that doctors offer when offering the diagnosis to the patient so that they can have the recommendations in an accessible way.
The SMS that those who must quarantine are going to receive is: "The General Directorate of Public Health informs you that in the following link, you will be able to read the recommendations for the prevention of infection by the coronavirus COVID-19 at home: https://bit.ly/2WYi4zV_CuarentenaEnCasa"
In this way, Public Health provides the user with a mobile phone adapted graphic presentation with all the instructions to correctly carry out the isolation in the home of the positive cases in COVID-19, in order to avoid the spread of all the cohabitants and the spread of the disease.
In the information provided, the General Directorate of Public Health indicates the most appropriate way to isolate the patient, the characteristics that the room must have and the essential elements in it, the use of cleaning utensils, the handling and cleaning of crockery and cutlery, bedding, towels and clothing, the correct disinfection of the isolation room and the toilet used by the patient, the correct use of gloves and masks, the management of waste and its disposal, as well as measures to be followed by cohabitants in order to avoid contagion at home
All information on Home Quarantine is available in various formats in the downloadable informational materials on the covid-19 website.
