Ever since COVID-19 virus originated in China, within a couple of months this virus spread around the world. Coronavirus is also affecting people in offices. According to WHO, these viruses are a large virus family that can cause illnesses from common cold to more severe diseases.
The standard way to prevent the spread of infection include:
- Regular hand washing
- Covering nose and mouth while coughing or sneezing
- Cooking thoroughly meat and eggs
- Avoiding close contact with anyone showing any symptoms of respiratory illness
Today the focus is more on how to prevent its spread. Health officials of all the countries are trying to control it by following strict health measures and every office also needs to incorporate these measures into their businesses.
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To prevent the spread of this virus, most of the offices have been closed. Let us try to know how this virus can spread particularly in the office environment.
- By sharing spaces
In the office environment, people need to share many spaces in the offices during the interaction, while entering and exiting through common doors, using drawer handles, sharing pantry area, toilets, etc.
All these can be the conduit to spread the virus if any single person is affected by COVID-19. All these are unavoidable at times while people are engaged in their work.
- Poor hygiene of office workers
During such an environment, it is necessary to regularly keep washing the hands with soap water or by a sanitizer to keep the hand clean.
However, during the working environment office workers may fail to maintain the discipline of maintaining their necessary hygiene. If any person is unknowingly affected by the virus then he is capable to spread the virus.
- Remaining close to each other
As per the guidelines of health professionals, people must maintain a distance of a minimum of six feet from each other, as the virus can also spread through the air. However, in the office environment, people may fail to maintain that much distance more often.
It may be quite difficult to maintain such distance while people are discussing a certain issue or working together.
- Not wearing protective masks
As per the World Health Organization guidelines, every person needs to wear a protective face mask while they go out of their home. However, when people work in their offices, many may not wear their masks continuously for long hours.
So, if anyone ever coughs or sneezes then unknowingly the droplets that are in the air can spread and infect others.
- Not regularly sanitizing
In the office environment, people may touch many surfaces which are common in the office as mentioned before. Therefore, it is necessary to regularly wash hands or sanitize it. If any of the office workers fail to do then it can spread the virus.
