Tips on keeping COVID at bay over Christmas
Thursday, December 17, 2020 @ 8:33 PM
Christmas dinner is just around the corner and everyone is hoping to be able to celebrate with at least some of their loved ones and, above all, without anyone getting or spreading the COVID-19 virus.
Doctors and other health workers are publishing lots of tips to keep your, your family and close friends as safe as possible over the festive period. Here are just a few of them:
Right at the top of the list is avoiding all unnecessary contact with other people in the days leading up to Christmas, and always using a mask when in the company of others.
Specifically with the Christmas meal in mind, the Spanish Association of Paediatricians (AEP) has given the following advice to minimise risks: apart from the already well-established recommendations about not mixing with people you don't live with, respecting the safety distance and always using a mask, ventilate your home as much and as often as possible, increase social distancing where elderly people are concerned, do not share food, have the apéritif part of the meal standing up and, wherever possible, out of doors, and do not clink glasses when making a toast.
Read more at thinkSPAIN.com