Awareness session on Covid 19

Firstly, SAMARTH team members told community girls and women regarding the purpose of the arrival. Samarth started activity with the girls in which poster were provided and team member told that whatever they know about CORONA virus 4 groups were made and girls wrote whatever they know about the coronavirus around 40 girls and women attended the session. SAMARTH programme manager Kaushiki Awasthi explained the history of Coronavirus to the community girls and women and told them what wrong information are around which they should avoid related to the COVID -19 like cold weather and snow cannot kill the coronavirus, hand dryers are not effective in killing the coronavirus, coronavirus can be transmitted in areas with hot and humid climates, garlic is healthy but there is no evidence from the current outbreak that eating garlic has protected people from the coronavirus, and there is no evidence that companion animal/pets such as dogs and cats transmit coronavirus. SAMARTH Senior program manager Ratna Sharma told regarding the Hand wash they should follow, she told 7 steps of hand washing and told them to wash hand till 30 seconds and also use sanitizers in many situations she also explain how to use hand sanitizer but she also told community to use sanitizer in case soap and water is not available. Team Samarth also told them to do social distancing, washing hands frequently, maintain proper person hygiene, and follow all the instruction given by the government. Then Team SAMARTH asked community girls and women to prepare mask for themselves, all the girls prepare wonderful masks for them and gave message to the masses to ‘stay home and stay safe’ in the end.

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