HAND WASHING TECHNIQUE Timeline of COVID-19

WITH SOAP AND RUNNING WATER

COVID-19:
12/31/2019
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in China re-
ported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan.

1/13/2020 All we need

Wet hands with water
Apply enough soap to
cover all hand surfac-
Rub hands palm to
Officials confirm a case of COVID-19 in Thailand, the
first reported case outside of China. to know
palm
1/16/2020
First confirmed case in Japan.

Rub back of each
hand with palm of
other hand with fin-
Rub palm to palm with
fingers interfaced
1/20/2020
First confirmed case in South Korea and United
States.
Rub with backs of
1/21/2020
Let us beat
fingers to opposing
palms with fingers
First confirmed case in Taiwan.

1/30/2020 COVID-19 to-

Rub each thumb
clasped in opposite
hand using a rotation-
al movement
Philippine Department of Health reported the first gether!
case of COVID-19 in the country with a 38-year-old
female Chinese national.
Rub tips of fingers in Rub each wrist with 1/31/2020
opposite palm in a opposite hand
circular motion First confirmed case in Russia.
2/14/2020
First confirmed case in Egypt.

2/24/2020
First confirmed case in Bahrain, Iraq, and Oman.

Rinse hand with water Use elbow to turn off tap 2/29/2020
(If no elbow tap available,
First confirmed case in Qatar and United Arab Emir-
use paper towel to turn
ates

3/2/2020
References:
First confirmed case in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
 https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/multimedia/infographics/covid-19
3/7/2020
 https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-
health-alert/what-you-need-to-know-about-coronavirus-covid-19
First local transmission of COVID-19 was confirmed APEC Dasmariñas
in the Philippines.
 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/covid19-leaflet-
Dave O. Bersamin
3/11/2020
public-travellers-EC-en.pdf
Grade 10 - PM
 https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/27-04-2020-who-timeline---covid-19 WHO made the assessment that COVID-19 can be
characterized as a pandemic.
 What is Novel Co-
rona Virus? What are the symptoms?

Coronaviruses are a large family of Most people who become

viruses that cause illness ranging infected experience mild
from the common cold to more se-
vere disease.
illness and recover, but for
COVID-19 is the some it can be more
infectious disease
caused by the
severe. The symptoms
novel coronavirus include a combination of:
(SARSCoV-2).

COVID-19 mainly
spread from per-
son to person
But it can also be
left on objects and
surfaces...
Doorknob 1. Clean your hands often
2. Cough or sneeze in your bent
FEVER COUGH
elbow - not your hands!
3. Avoid touching your eyes,
Lift Buttons nose and mouth
4. Limit social gatherings and
time spent in crowded places

DIFFICULTY IN 5. Avoid close contact with

BREATHING
SORE THROAT someone who is sick
Used Tissues
and Towels 6. Clean and disenfect frequent-
ly touched objects and surfac-
Digital Devices and Appliances es
So if you touch something 7. Observe social distancing
contaminated and then
touch your face or an-
other's face, you might all FATIGUE MUSCLE PAIN
fall ill.