Back

How to Protect Yourself & Others

Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing serious complications from COVID-19 illness.

Know How it Spreads:

  • There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
  • The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.
  • Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
    • Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks.
    • These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
    • Some recent studies have suggested that COVID-19 may be spread by people who are not showing symptoms.

Wash Your Hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d914EnpU4Fo

Everyone Should

  • Clean your hands often
  • Avoid Close Contact
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others
  • Cover coughs and sneezes
  • Clean and disinfect

  • Impact of COVID-19 on the Continuum of care

    A situational analysis of vaccination activities in 11 health facilities in the Bangem Health District.

  • Low COVID-19 Cases in Africa: A possible explanation

    Since the first case of COVID 19 was made known worldwide in December 2019, the world as of November 10, 2020 had recorded over 51 million cases and over 1.2 million deaths [1]. The African continent as of the same date had recorded the lowest number of cases when compared to the other continents of the world, with close to 2 million cases and over 45 thousand deaths [1]. Africa is therefore seen to contribute to about 3.7% of the global caseload and to about 3.6% of the global death toll [1,2,3]. Although some few countries in Africa such as South Africa, Morocco and Egypt are witnessing a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, a drastic decline in the number of cases was observed in the months of July, August and September 2020 [4,5]. According to preliminary analysis by the WHO -AFRO, Africans may be twice as likely to experience COVID-19 without any illness, compared with people in the rest of the world [6].

  • 199 DAYS INTO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN CAMEROON

    As of the 3th of July 2020, 624 health workers (constituting up to 4.3% of the total number of cases) in Cameroon had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Cameroon with 7 (1.1%) of them losing their lives.

  • 75 DAYS INTO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN CAMEROON

    As of the 23rd of May 2020, at 8:50 am GMT+2, a total number of 5,307,022 COVID 19 cases with 340,072 deaths and 2,160,530 recoveries had been reported worldwide; meaning that 2,806,420 cases are currently active (or alive and living …