Information from DFBC

Please follow instructions announced by the Federal Government about COVID-19

Some suggestions:

If unwell, avoid contact with others (stay more than 1.5 metres from people). 

Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, before and after eating, and after going to the toilet .

Cover your cough and sneeze, dispose of tissues, and use alcohol-based hand-sanitiser.

Practise good hand and sneeze/cough hygiene .

Avoid handshaking and kissing

Regularly disinfect high touch surfaces, such as tables, kitchen benches and doorknobs

Increase ventilation in the home by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning

Visit shops sparingly and buy more goods and services online

Consider whether outings and travel, both individual and family, are sensible and necessary

DFBC will keep you informed as much as possible with updates

PRACTICE 

Social distancing and why is it important?

Social distancing includes ways to stop or slow the spread of infectious diseases. It means less contact between you and other people. Social distancing is important because COVID-19 is most likely to spread from person-to-person through:

direct close contact with a person while they are infectious or in the 24 hours before their symptoms appeared

close contact with a person with a confirmed infection who coughs or sneezes, or

touching objects or surfaces (such as door handles or tables) contaminated from a cough or sneeze from a person with a confirmed infection, and then touching your mouth or face. So, the more space between you and others, the harder it is for the virus to spread.

What can I do?

If you are sick, stay away from others – that is the most important thing you can do.

How is coronavirus transmitted?

The human coronavirus is only spread from someone infected with COVID-19 to another. This occurs through close contact with an infected person through contaminated droplets spread by coughing or sneezing, or by contact with contaminated hands or surfaces.

What are the symptoms of someone infected with coronavirus?

Coronavirus patients may experience flu like symptoms such as a fever, cough, runny nose, or shortness of breath. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia with severe acute respiratory distress.