May be infected with novel coronavirus? When I think about it, I need to do four things.

When the news of novel coronavirus's expanding infection came out, everyone would say, "wait a minute, are you suffering from novel coronavirus?" "it's just a matter of time that comes to mind.

At present, the chance of contracting novel coronavirus is very low, and your cough is likely to be a cold or flu.

But "could it be a coronavirus? "if you want, let me tell you what to do.

1. Confirm that the symptoms are really consistent.

Novel coronavirus is a respiratory disease similar to colds and flu, but the obvious symptom rarely seen in any case is a runny nose.

If you have a runny nose, stuffy nose and sneeze seriously, the possibility of infecting novel coronavirus is very low.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) (World Health Organization), so far, 90% of patients have a fever and 70% have a dry cough, which is a typical symptom.

In case of fever or cough, don't panic.

Both colds and flu can take all year round, and the rate will be higher in winter. This year is no exception.

As long as novel coronavirus is a rare disease, the probability that his cough is a more common disease such as a cold will be overwhelmingly high.

Everyone may be infected with novel coronavirus, but the elderly and people with health problems such as chronic respiratory diseases are the most serious.

In addition, although we do not know the reason, but now the child does not seem to have a serious condition.

Such a message may change once it is clarified about novel coronavirus, but people with children may feel a little relieved to know that by last week, no children under the age of 10 had died as a result of novel coronavirus.

two。 Don't run into the hospital secretly.

If you think you may have a serious infectious disease, especially, if you have other options, please do not run into the rescue.

This is not only the principle of novel coronavirus, but also about measles and other serious infectious diseases.

In the case of suspected infection, the Ministry of Health and Labor first asked the "returnee contact consultation center" to consult by telephone.

According to telephone consultation, in the case of suspected infection, according to the need, introduce the medical institutions that can treat novel coronavirus infection patients ("returnees, contacts clinic").

In addition, when visiting a medical institution, you must thoroughly wear a mask, wash your hands and cough etiquette.

In addition, even if it is not applicable to the above projects, there are places to set up consultation windows according to different prefectures and counties. For more information, please see the "returnee contact personnel consultation Center" page published by each prefecture.

> > the nearest returnee contact consultation Center can be searched here.

3. If you have an infectious disease, I'll be at home.

If you think you may have or may have novel coronavirus, please try to stay at home.

You may go to the hospital as needed, and in addition, try to avoid getting things done, going to school, working at work, and using public transport.

I think it's easier said than done, but we should try to make full use of such actions as paid leave and telecommuting.

4. Protect the people who live together.

Staying at home means that the virus is in danger of infecting people who live together.

The CDC also provides advice to ensure that families, partners, roommates and caregivers are not infected. Let me introduce some of them.

Always clean and avoid contact between patients and healthy people. It's the same when you live alone.

If you want to keep clean and have to be with others, put on a mask and tell people who are coming to the house that it is best to use Facetime.

This report is based on the Lifehacker report of the United States and traces the situation in Japan.

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Source:Twitter,Worldometers, Ministry of Health and Labour (1jue 2), CDC

Beth Skwarecki-Lifehacker US [original]