Practice of Covid-19 Prevention Measure Inconsistence Definitions |Biomedgrid

According to WHO COVID-19 prevention measures include hand washing, wear mask, keeping distance, ventilated room, avoid crowding, and covering nose during coughing, avoid contact with animals and avoid consumption of raw meat [1,2]. Poor practices of hand hygiene, overcrowding and handshaking leads to increased spread of virus over short period [3]. A COVID‑19 vaccine is a vaccine that provide acquired immunity against coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2)) [4]. The WHO and the US CDC recommend individuals wear mask in public areas where there is an increased risk of transmission and where social distancing are difficult to maintain [5,6]. Crowded indoor spaces should be avoided [7]. The WHO recommends ventilation and air filtration in public spaces to help clear out infectious aerosols [8-10]. The WHO also recommends that individuals wash hands with soap and water for twenty seconds, after going to toilet or when hands are dirty, before eating and after blowing nose [11]. Individuals may apply social distancing methods by staying home, decrease travel, avoiding crowding, using no-contact meetings, and physically distancing from others [12]. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health recommends a healthy diet, physically activity, managing psychological stress, and getting enough sleep [13]. Different studies in various countries used different definitions to measure people's prevention practice of COVID-19.