Preventing infection

The COVID19 virus spreads easily in large groups. It can be transmitted through hand contact, coughing and sneezing. Take responsibility for both yourself and others by following the advice below on personal hygiene and maintaining a physical distance from others.

• Wash your hands well and frequently with soap and water
• Cough or sneeze into your arm – not your hands
• If you use a tissue, discard it immediately and wash your hands again
• Avoid physical greetings such as handshaking, hugging and kissing
• Avoid gatherings of more than 10 people
• Maintain strict hygiene both at home and at work
• If you feel unwell or have symptoms of virus, stay at home to avoid infecting others

Guidelines for limiting social interaction

• Stay at home. Only have contact with others if strictly necessary
• Consider postponing birthday celebrations, parties and other social events with more than 10 people
• If you need to meet others it should be with as few as possible
• Meet outside rather than indoors
• Remember to maintain a physical distance from others (2 meters)
• Maintain rigorous hand hygiene and wash your hands thoroughly and often. Use sanitizer if you do not have access to soap and water
• Cough or sneeze into your arm – not your hands
• Remember that anyone can carry the infection and pass it on to others, even if you have no symptoms yourself
• Pay attention to any symptoms of illness that could indicate a corona infection, such as fever and coughing, and stay at home if in any doubt

Hygiene at work

It is recommended that, wherever possible, people should work from home. If you have to be at your workplace in person, it is extremely important that cleanliness and hygiene are given highest priority in order to reduce the risk of infection.

Begin the day by washing your hands.  Cover your mouth if you cough or sneeze by coughing or sneezing into your arm, rather than into your hands. The more often you wash your hands, the better. The same applies to washing all surfaces – the more often the better.

If you use a tissue or handkerchief, whether disposable or not, it should be thrown away immediately and responsibly and you should then wash your hands again thoroughly.

Remember to sanitize/wash phones, keyboards, computers, desks and other surfaces to reduce the risk of infection.

The picture below highlights the recommendations about hygiene in the workplace

Workplaces with more than 10 employees

The recommendation to limit groups of people to no more than 10 in one place at the same time should be followed. If it is not possible to adhere to this advice (e.g. a fish filleting factory), it is especially important to take particular precautions.

It is recommended that, as far as possible:

• All employees should keep an appropriate distance (2 meters) from each other – the Corona virus spreads quickly and easily
• Employees should be divided into smaller units for shifts at different times
• Employees changing shifts should not come into contact with each other when leaving/arriving
• Wash and sanitize thoroughly between shifts
• Remember hand hygiene – wash your hands thoroughly and sanitize afterwards
• Employees should pay attention to any symptoms of illness that could indicate a corona infection, such as fever and coughing, and they should stay at home if in any doubt