HAND WASHING TECHNIQUE Timeline of COVID-19

WITH SOAP AND RUNNING WATER 12/31/2019

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

Wet hands with water
1/13/2020
All we need
Apply enough soap to Rub hands palm to
Officials confirm a case of COVID-19 in Thailand, the
first reported case outside of China.
to know
cover all hand sur- palm
1/16/2020
First confirmed case in Japan.

Rub back of each
hand with palm of
other hand with fin-
Rub each thumb
clasped in opposite
hand using a rota-
tional movement
Rub palm to palm with
fingers interfaced
Rub tips of fingers in
opposite palm in a
circular motion
1/20/2020
First confirmed case in South Korea and United
States.
Rub with backs of
fingers to opposing 1/21/2020
palms with fingers
First confirmed case in Taiwan. Let us beat
1/30/2020
Philippine Department of Health reported the first
COVID-19 to-
case of COVID-19 in the country with a 38-year-old
female Chinese national.
Rub each wrist with 1/31/2020
opposite hand
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,
use paper towel to turn
First confirmed case in Qatar and United Arab Emir-
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-
APEC DEsmEriñEs
health-alert/what-you-need-to-know-about-coronavirus-covid-19 First local transmission of COVID-19 was confirmed
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.
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What are the symptoms?

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2. Cough or sneeze in your bent
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3. Avoid touching your eyes,
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4. Limit sociol gotherings ond
time spent in crowded ploces

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BREATHING
SORE THROAT someone who is sick
Used Tissues
and Towels 6. Cleon ond disenfect free
quently touched objects ond
Digital Devices and Appliances surfoces
So if you touch something 7. Observe sociol distoncing
contominoted ond then
touch your foce or one
other's foce, you might oll FATIGUE MUSCLE PAIN
foll ill.