COVID-19 Pandemic: How to Shop Safely in the Marketplace

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The arrival of the Coronavirus changed many parts of community life. Your market may even have closed. As a market vendor, you need to stay healthy so the market can remain open so you can sell your goods and your community can access food and products. By following the actions in this video, you can help the market stay open and be an example to your customers on how to stay safe during this pandemic.

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    The CDC Says Tight-Fit Masks or Double Masking Increases Protection

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    New research by the agency shows that transmission of the virus can be reduced by up to 96.5 percent if both an infected individual and an uninfected individual wear tightly fitted surgical masks or a cloth-and-surgical-mask combination.

    One option for reducing transmission is to wear a cloth mask over a surgical mask, the agency said. The alternative is to fit the surgical mask more tightly on the face by “knotting and tucking” — that is, knotting the two strands of the ear loops together where they attach to the edge of the mask, then folding and flattening the extra fabric at the mask’s edge and tucking it in for a tighter seal.

    Other effective options that improve the fit include using a mask-fitter — a frame contoured to the face — over a mask, or wearing a sleeve of sheer nylon hosiery material around the neck and pulled up over a cloth or surgical mask, the C.D.C. said.

    Source: The CDC Says Tight-Fit Masks or Double Masking Increases Protection

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      Fake Covid Videos ‘Will Cost Lives’

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      The Royal College of Physicians is urging people not to share and “copycat” “dangerous” videos claiming steam inhalation can prevent Covid-19. The BBC has found that alternative coronavirus treatments are being sent on chat apps like WhatsApp, as well as being widely available on social media.

      BBC reporter Sima Kotecha has tracked the origins of one of these false videos to the state of Gujarat in India.

      Source: Fake Covid Videos ‘Will Cost Lives’

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        COVID-19 Mythbusters, Guyana

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        ‘COVID-19 Mythbusters’ are messages developed to counter popular rumous about COVID-19. These rumors were entered into a rumor tracking system.

        Source: COVID-19 Mythbusters, Guyana

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          Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition COVID-19 TV Spots

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          The Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition (HBCC) created these spots and produced them in a variety of languages. The videos are available in Arabic, Indonesian, Hindi and Swahili.

          The HBCC is funded by the Unilever Transform project and the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office.

          Source: Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition COVID-19 TV Spots

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            Joli Masque

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            This video, produced by Development Media International, explains the importance of mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing to slow the spread of coronavirus through a friendly conversation between three men in Côte d’Ivoire. The video is in French with English subtitles.

            Can also be found at this Twitter feed.

            Source: Joli Masque

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              ‘Protecting You, Protecting Us’ COVID-19 Campaign Materials, Guyana

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              Breakthrough ACTION Guyana’s ‘Protecting you, Protecting us’ COVID-19 campaign produced a set of materials to inform the public about protection from the virus and to bring to their attention other issues regarding COVID-19.

              Source: ‘Protecting You, Protecting Us’ COVID-19 Campaign Materials, Guyana

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                Infographics on COVID-19 and Ramadan

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                These infographics from the World Health Organization instruct the public about safe practices during the time of COVID-19 when observing Ramadan. These are part of a series of infographics from WHO which can be found on the same page.

                Source: Infographics on COVID-19 and Ramadan

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                  Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2

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                  Experimental and epidemiological data support community masking to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

                  The prevention benefit of masking is derived from the combination of source control and personal protection for the mask wearer. The relationship between source control and personal protection is likely complementary and possibly synergistic, so that individual benefit increases with increasing community mask use.

                  Further research is needed to expand the evidence base for the protective effect of cloth masks and in particular to identify the combinations of materials that maximize both their blocking and filtering effectiveness, as well as fit, comfort, durability, and consumer appeal. Adopting universal masking policies can help avert future lockdowns, especially if combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing, hand hygiene, and adequate ventilation.

                  Source: Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2

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