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Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (sops)

Date: Sep 2020
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INSPECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT COVID-19 PREVENTION STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPS) 1. Introduction According to World Health Organization, Coronaviruses (COVID-19) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. The spread of COVID-19 between humans is being driven by droplet transmission. The virus is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person through respiratory droplets when the sick person coughs or talks close to another person. It can also be spread by touching contaminated surfaces or objects, and then touching eyes, nose or mouth. COVID 19 may spread from contact with contaminated surfaces or objects. The President in his addresses to the Nation on matters of COVID-19 has consistently emphasized the need to ensure compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures as stipulated by the Ministry of Health (MOH). The Covid-19 outbreak call for intensive COVID-19 prevention standards because of its fast spread. Non-compliance of Covid19 SOPs at the workplace may pose a risk to all staff and may lead to further spread of the infection leading