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The Coronavirus Disease – A Pandemic

Coronavirus or known as COVID -19 is a common type of respiratory virus. Most infected people will experience mild or moderate respiratory illness. Older people with medical problems are vulnerable to COVID-19 and will require intensive care.

How is it transmitted ?

COVID-19 can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose when they sneeze, cough, or speak. Here are some other ways in which the disease is spread:

  • Close contact with each other and can be infected when the air-borne containing the virus is inhaled or comes directly into the eyes, nose, and mouth
  • Spread in crowded indoor and poorly ventilated areas
  • Infection can occur by touching surfaces that have been contaminated with COVID-19 and touching their eyes, nose, and mouth without cleaning your hand

Covid-19 is aerially transmitted

Symptoms

COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness and some will recover without hospitalization.

COVID-19 Symptoms

Tips

  • Wash your hands regularly or clean with an alcohol-based hand rub.
  • Physical distancing at least 1 meter.
  • Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
  • Avoid touching your face
  • Stay at home if you feel unwell
  • Limit all your non-essential travels

Ridpest's Disinfection Services

Ridpest offers Professional Disinfection Services to help you sanitize and disinfect your workplace or home lowering the risk of possible infection through surface contacts. Ridpest uses a certified and renowned disinfectant called Rely+On Virkon.

Rely+On has one of the broadest virus/bacteria/fungi efficacies tested to date, it has efficient and environmentally safe chemistry among most disinfectants. These qualities make Rely+On Virkon the disinfectant of preferred choice for the use in medical facilities, pathology and biosafety, laboratories, and residential homes.

If you require disinfection services, contact us for a quote.