Yu want fɔ no ɔltin bɔt COVID-19 na simpul we? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis!

COVID-19 don get big impak fo ol wi laif dis dez, no bi so? Yu go mɔs gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn ɛn want fɔ no bɔt dis vayrɔs, aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm am, ɛn bɔt vaysin. Nɔ wɔri! Insay dis atikul, wi go tray fɔ tɔk bɔt am simpul wan ɛn wit padi biznɛs, lɛk se yu padi ɔ fambul de ɛksplen dɛn tin ya to yu.

Wetin rili bi COVID-19? Lɛ wi lan sɔm men tin dɛn

COVID-19, fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na sik we wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl SARS-CoV-2 , we kin afɛkt mɔ di we aw pɔsin de blo. Na nyu vayrɔs, so wi ɔl bin de fred smɔl fɔs, ɛn i rayt fɔ du dat. Dis vayrɔs rili smɔl, wi nɔ kin si am wit wi yay, bɔt i kin skata kwik kwik wan frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Imajin, i de skata lɛk pɔsin we de tif atak.

So, aw dis kin skata?

• i kin pas tru sכm sכm sכm dכp dεm (`droplets`) we dεn kin kכmכt na di mכt εn nos we pכsin kכf, sniz, כ tכk . Dɛn drɔp dɛn ya kin land na pɔsin we de nia in nos, in mɔt, ɛn in yay.
• Di vayrɔs kin go insay di bɔdi bak if yu tɔch say we gɛt di vayrɔs (lɛk tebul ɔ domɔt knob) ɛn afta dat yu tɔch yu yay, nos, ɔ yu mɔt wit di sem an.
• Dɛn dɔn si se sɔntɛnde, mɔ na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin ful-ɔp, we briz nɔ kin blo fayn, ɛn we dɛn lɔk, i kin skata bak tru di briz (we de na di ays) te to sɔm mak.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik? Yu tink se dɛn na di sem fɔ ɔlman?

Dis kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt COVID-19 we nɔ gɛt ɛni sayn ɛn dɛn kin spre am to ɔda pipul dɛn we dɛn nɔ ivin no. Dat na wan pan di denja dɛn we dis kin gɛt. Bɔt di sayn dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin na:

• Fɔ fil se yu gɛt fiva ɔ yu kol
• Kɔf (bɔku tɛm na kɔf we de mek pɔsin fil pen, we dray) .
• Taya, taya, taya
• Bɔdi de at, mɔsul dɛn de at
• Trot we de at, chenj na yu vɔys
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin lɔs dɛn sɛns fɔ smɛl ɛn teist (dis na kɔmɔn sayn fɔ bɔrku pipul dɛm) .
• Ed de at
• Chɛst tayt wit ɔ atɔl mucus
• I nɔ izi fɔ blo, yu nɔ de blo fayn (dis na denja sayn fɔ tek tɛm bad bad wan) .

Aw dis kin afɛkt yɔŋ pikin dɛn?

Wi smɔl pikin dɛn kin gɛt COVID-19 bak. Bɔt di gud nyus na dat bɔku pan dɛn kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik dɛn we nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn ɛn dɛn nɔ kin gɛt bɛtɛ sik pas big pipul dɛn. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ de wach bikɔs sɔm pikin dɛn kin sik bak. Wi nid fɔ tek tɛm mɔ wit pikin dɛn we ol bitwin 6 mɔnt ɛn 5 ia . Dɛn kin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk fiva, kɔf, nɔs we de rɔn, bɛlɛ at, vɔmit, ɛn dayarɛa.

Wetin na dɛn ‘variant’ ya we dɛn kin tɔk bɔt ɔlsay?

Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri bɔt di Delta ɛn Omicron difrɛn we dɛn. Vayrɔs nɔ jɔs de na wan ples, dɛn kin chenj dɛn kwaliti ɛn shep as tɛm de go. Jɔs lɛk aw wi kin chenj klos, bɔt dis kin apin na dɛn jenɛtik matirial. dis na di vayrus dεm we dεn chenj insay nyu we dεm, we dεn kכl ``Variants''. Sɔm ``Variants'' kin spre fast pas ɔda wan dɛm, ɔ kin ansa smɔl smɔl to di vaysin dɛm we wi kin gi. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ fala di advays bɔt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs ɛn dɔn di vaysin dɛn.

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm COVID-19? Di we dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dis sik

Wan wɔd de se "Prɛvenshɔn bɛtɛ pas fɔ mɛn." Dat min se, i bɛtɛ fɔ kia fɔ yusɛf bifo yu sik pas fɔ sɔfa wit am. So, sɔm simpul, yet rili ifɛktiv tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm COVID-19.

• Wash yu an ɔltɛm: Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Put sop, lather gud gud wan, ɛn rɔb ɔlsay na yu an (bitwin yu finga dɛn, ɔnda yu nel dɛn, te to yu an) fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn . If sop ɛn wata nɔ de izi fɔ gɛt, yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt at le 60% alkol.
• We yu wɛr mask: Mek shɔ se yu wɛr mask, mɔ we yu de go na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin bɔku (maket, bɔs, tren) ɛn we yu de na say dɛn we dɛn lɔk. Dis go protɛkt yu ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we de arawnd yu. Ivin smɔl pikin dɛm (bɔku tɛm pas 2 ia) kin wɛr mask we fit dɛn ɛn izi fɔ blo insay Bɔt i bɛtɛ fɔ aks yu famili dɔktɔ fɔ advays bɔt dis.
• Mek yu de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn: Yu fɔ de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn as yu ebul. Tray fɔ mek yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt at le wan mita (lɛk 3 fit) fa frɔm dɛn.
• Nɔ go na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin ful-ɔp ɛn ples dɛn we briz nɔ kin blo fayn: Stay na os as yu ebul. Na fɔ impɔtant tin dɛn nɔmɔ yu fɔ go na do. If yu du dat, bigin fɔ wok bak kwik kwik wan.
• Mek di briz go insay fayn fayn wan: Kip di winda dɛn opin na os, ɔfis, ɛn shɔp fɔ mek di briz go fayn.

Aw fɔ protɛkt smɔl pikin?

Na wi big wok fɔ protɛkt pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn ɛn pikin dɛn frɔm dis vayrɔs.

• Limit di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛn we kin kam fɔ si di pikin as mɔ as yu ebul. If dɛn du dat, na pipul dɛn nɔmɔ we gɛt wɛlbɔdi fɔ kam.
• Ɔlman fɔ was in an fayn fayn wan bifo i tɔch di pikin, ɔ yuz han sɛnitayza.
• If yu gɛt kol ɔ fiva, mek shɔ se yu wɛr fes mask we yu de kam nia yu pikin ɔ gi yu pikin in bɛlɛ.
• Ɔltɛm kip di pikin in envayrɔmɛnt ɛn di tɔys dɛn klin.

Speshal tin fɔ no bɔt COVID-19 we uman gɛt bɛlɛ

Sɔntɛnde uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm dɛn pas di avɛrej pɔsin if dɛn gɛt COVID-19. So i fayn fɔ tek tɛm mɔ we yu gɛt bɛlɛ.

• Fɔ fala ɔl di tin dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm te to di lɛta.
• Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn rili tink bɔt fɔ gɛt di COVID-19 vaysin . Di Wol Wɛlbɔdi Ɔganayzeshɔn naw se di vaysin sef ɛn dɛn kin advays fɔ mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn we de gi pikin dɛn bɛlɛ.
• If yu gɛt ɛni sayn (fiva, kɔf, taya), go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn nɔ de te.

A kin gi mi pikin in bɛlɛ if a gɛt COVID-19?

Dis na big kwɛstyɔn ɛn fred fɔ bɔku nyu mama dɛn. Di gud nyus na, yes, i pɔsibul. Akɔdin to di sayɛns infɔmeshɔn we de naw, no pruf nɔ de fɔ se di COVID-19 vayrɔs kin pas to pikin tru in mama in milk. di mama in milk na wan pan di tin dεm we bכku bכku wan fכ di pikin, εn i de mek i ebul fכ protεkt frכm sik dεm.

Bɔt if yu gɛt COVID-19, mek shɔ se yu tek dɛn tin ya we yu de gi yu pikin in bɛlɛ:

• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop bifo yu gi yu pikin tin fɔ it ɔ tɔch yu pikin.
• Wear fes mask we fit yu fayn fayn wan ɛvri tɛm we yu de gi yu mama in bɛlɛ.
• We yu de kɔf ɔ sniz, tɔn yu bak pan di pikin ɛn kɔba yu mɔt wit tisu.

Wetin a go du if a gɛt COVID-19? Mɛdikal tritmɛnt ɛn wetin fɔ no

I nɔ mata aw wi tek tɛm, sɔntɛnde, COVID-19 simptom kin apia. If dat apin, i impɔtant fɔ du tin wit sɛns ɛn nɔ fɔ fred.

Aw fɔ gɛt tɛst (COVID-19 Testing)? Wetin na di kayn dɛn?

If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm, ɔ yu dɔn de nia pɔsin we gɛt COVID-19 (e.g., yu bin de liv na di sem os, travul togɛda), i rili impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn du tɛst. Dis go ɛp yu fɔ no fɔ tru if yu gɛt dis sik ɛn ɛp yu fɔ stɔp fɔ prɛd am to ɔda pipul dɛn.

Tu men kayn tɛst dɛn de:

1. Vayral Tɛst: Dis na wetin go tɛl yu ɛksaktɔli if di vayrɔs de wok naw na yu bɔdi ɔ nɔ de wok . Tu kayn dis de:

• PCR test (Polymerase Chain Reaction): Dis na di tɛst we kɔrɛkt pas ɔl. Dɛn kin du am wit swab frɔm di nos ɔ trot. Di tin dɛn we kin apin kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ mek i kam bak.
• Rapid Antigen Test: Dis kin gi rizulyt kwik kwik wan (insay 15-30 minit). כltu, i nכ sεnsitiv lεk PCR, εn sכmtεm i kin gi lay lay nεgεtiv risכlt.

2. Antibodi Test: Dis de test if yu don get COVID-19 bifo en yu get antibodies against am . Dɛn nɔ de yuz am fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt aktif infɛkshɔn.

So, us tɛst bɛtɛ fɔ mi?

I dipen pan yu sayn dɛm, aw yu bin gɛt dis sik, ɛn yu dɔktɔ in advays. Tipikli, bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ go rɛkɔmɛnd fɔ du ``Vayral Tɛst'', spɛshal wan fɔ PCR tɛst, fɔ pɔsin we gɛt di sik ɔ we dɔn de nia pɔsin we gɛt di sik.

Ɔltin bɔt di COVID-19 vaysin

Vaksin na wan pan di impɔtant ɛn pawaful wɛpɔn dɛn we wi gɛt fɔ fɛt dis Covid-19 pandemik.

"Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di vaysin de tren wi bɔdi fɔ fɛt di COVID-19 vayrɔs bifo tɛm. Jɔs lɛk aw sojaman de tren bifo i go fɛt wɔ. Dɔn, if di vayrɔs rili kam insay di bɔdi, wi imyun sistɛm go no am kwik kwik wan, fɛt am, ɛn mek di sik nɔ wɔs."

Kɔmɔn kwɛstyɔn dɛn we yu kin gɛt bɔt vaysin ɛn dɛn ansa dɛn:

• Yu tink se di vaysin rili sef? Yɛs, ɔl di COVID-19 vaysin dɛn we institiushɔn dɛn we gɛt gud nem dɔn gri fɔ, we inklud di Wɔl Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn (WHO) ɛn wi kɔntri in Ministri fɔ Wɛlbɔdi biznɛs , rili sef ɛn i wok . Dɛn kin gri fɔ yuz dɛn afta dɛn dɔn du bɔku risach. Smɔl smɔl sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn (lɛk fiva, bɔdi we de at, pen na di say we dɛn injekt, taya) kin apin fɔ wan ɔ tu dez, bɔt dɛn kin go fɔ dɛnsɛf.
• Dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn vaysin? Yɛs, dɛn dɔn gri fɔ di COVID-19 vaysin naw fɔ pikin dɛn we dɔn pas 6 mɔnt na bɔku kɔntri dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl, ɛn bak na wi kɔntri. Dɛn kin gi smɔl dos to yɔŋ pikin dɛn, we fit fɔ ɛni ej grup. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn bɔt aw fɔ gi yu pikin di vaysin ɛn disayd fɔ du sɔntin.
• Bɔku kayn vaysin dɛn de, uswan na di bɛst? Ɔl di vaysin dɛn we dɛn dɔn gri fɔ de ɛp fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm bad bad sik, fɔ go na ɔspitul, ɛn day. So, i impɔtant fɔ gɛt ɛni vaysin we dɛn dɔn gri fɔ we de ɛn we di wɛlbɔdi ɔtoriti dɛn dɔn rɛkɔmɛnd.

Yu tink se dɛn kin tek di COVID-19 vaysin, di flu vaysin, ɛn di RSV vaysin di sem de?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin aks. Jɛnɛral wan, na yɛs. Dɔktɔ dɛn se nɔto big tin fɔ gɛt di COVID-19 vaysin, di flu vaysin, ɛn insay sɔm kes dɛn, di RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaysin di sem de, na di sem dɔktɔ apɔntinmɛnt. Bɔt i go fayn fɔ mek yu tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis ɛn fala in advays.

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Pikin dɛn (MIS-C) .

Dis na sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm bɔt we kin rili siriɔs . Afta sɔm wiks afta dɛn dɔn gɛt COVID-19 (sɔntɛnde dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn), sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt inflamɛns pan bɔku bɔku bɔdi sistɛm dɛn (e.g., at, lɔng, kidni, bren, skin, yay, gastrointestinal trakt) di sem tɛm. Di sayn dɛm na:

• Fiva (we pas 38 Sɛlshiɔs/100.4 Fɛnayt) we kin las fɔ sɔm dez
• Bɛlɛ pen bad bad wan, vɔmit, dayarɛa
• Rɛd spat dɛn na di skin (rash) .
• Rɛd yay, lip we brok, ɛn rɛd
• I nɔ kɔmɔn fɔ slip, taya, kɔnfyushɔn
• Di limf no dɛm we dɔn swel na di nɛk

If yu pikin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn nɔ de te.

Dis na kol, di kɔmɔn flu, RSV infɛkshɔn, ɔ COVID-19? Aw yu go no fɔ tru?

Dis na rili smɔl kɔmplikɛt tin, bikɔs di bɛsis simptom dɛm fɔ ɔl dɛn sik ya (fiva, kɔf, bɔdi pen, trot we de at, taya) kin rili fiba dɛnsɛf. So i at fɔ no fɔ tru if na COVID-19 ɔ nɔto bays pan di simptom dɛm nɔmɔ.

di bεst εn rilibul we fכ no εksεkshכn wetin i bi na fכ gεt tεst fכ COVID-19 (e.g. PCR כ rapid antijen). Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ yu go no fɔ tru. Fɔ du dat, i go rili ɛp fɔ fɛn di tritmɛnt we dɛn nid ɛn fɔ mek i nɔ skata to ɔda pipul dɛn.

Aw fɔ bia wit COVID-19 na os ɛn na skul?

As COVID-19 de ambɔg ɔlmost ɔl di tin dɛn we wi de du ɛvride, i impɔtant fɔ mek wi ɔl kɔntinyu fɔ no mɔ ɛn du tin wit rɛspɔnsibiliti, na os ɛn we wi pikin dɛn de na skul.

Hom Keya & Prɛkoshɔn

• If yu ɔ sɔmbɔdi na yu famili gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ COVID-19, ɔr dɔn test pɔsitiv, isolate yusɛf frɔm ɔda pipul dɛm as mɔ as yu ebul. I bɛtɛ fɔ lɛ yu de na sɛpret rum, i go fayn fɔ mek yu de na sɛpret batrum.
• Gɛt bɔku rɛst. Rɛst rili impɔtant fɔ mek di bɔdi wɛl.
• It it dɛn we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn ɛn drink wam wata (sup, pɔrit, brot we dɛn dɔn stim, ɔt wata) bɔku tɛm.
• Fɔ tin dɛm lɛk fiva ɛn bɔdi pen, tek mɛrɛsin lɛk paracetamol lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• Yu fɔ no di sayn dɛn we de wɔn yu . Dat min se, if yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk fɔ blo bad bad wan, yu chɛst de pen ɔ tayt ɔltɛm, yu kɔnfyus, yu de slip pasmak we de mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ grap, ɔ yu lip ɔ yu fes blu, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɔ kɔl di wɛlbɔdi say we de nia yu.
• Waip dɔŋ di say dɛn we yu kin tɔch bɔku tɛm na yu os (doknob, tebul, chia an, layt switch, tɛlifon) wit disinfɛktan likwid ɛvride.

Wetin na `Kwarantin` ɛn `Aysoleshɔn`? Lɛ wi ɔndastand di rayt difrɛns bitwin dɛn tu.

Pan ɔl we wi kin yɛri dɛn tu wɔd ya bɔku tɛm insay di Covid tɛm, wi nɔ kin rili no di klia difrɛns bitwin dɛn tu.

• Isolation: Dɛn kin du dis fɔ separet pɔsin we dɔn test fɔ COVID-19 frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Dat na fɔ stɔp dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ go skata di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Kwarantin: Dɛn kin du dis bay we dɛn de ayd ɛn wach pɔsin we dɔn de nia pɔsin we gɛt COVID-19, bɔt we nɔ dɔn gɛt di sik yet ɔ we dɛn tɛst am positif, fɔ wan patikyula tɛm (bɔku tɛm na 7-14 dez). Dis na bikɔs dɛn kin gɛt di sik bak, bɔt i kin tek sɔm dez fɔ mek di vayrɔs kam na di bɔdi ɛn sho di sayn dɛm.

Aw yu de isolate na os?

• If i pɔsibul, na fɔ de na wan sɛpret rum we gɛt fayn fayn briz. Kip di winda dɛn opin.
• Nɔ it togɛda wit ɔda pipul dɛn na di os ɛn hang ɔp na di sem ples (lɛk di living rum) as yu ebul.
• Yuz difrɛn plet dɛn, kɔp dɛn, kɔtlɛri, tawɛl, ɛn bed-layn. Wash ɛn dray dɛn fayn fayn wan afta yu dɔn yuz dɛn.
• Du yu bɛst fɔ protɛkt ɔda pipul dɛn na yu famili, mɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn ol, uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, ɛn di wan dɛn we gɛt ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn (lɛk dayabitis ɔ at sik). If una fɔ go na ples usay dɛn de, mek shɔ se una ɔl tu wɛr mask.

So, wetin na di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

Insay dis tɛm we wi de lan fɔ liv wit di chalenj we COVID-19 gɛt, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi ɔl du tin wit rɛspɔnsibiliti, wan wan ɛn as sosayti.

• Ɔltɛm fala di bɛsis tin dɛn we yu fɔ du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm: Mek tin dɛn lɛk fɔ was yu an, fɔ wɛr mask, ɛn fɔ kip yu bɔdi distans bi pat pan yu ɛvride.
• Mek shɔ se yu gɛt di vaysin: Vaksin de gi big big tin fɔ protɛkt nɔto yusɛf nɔmɔ, bɔt fɔ protɛkt yu famili, yu padi dɛn, ɛn di wan ol kɔmyuniti frɔm di bad bad tin dɛn we dis sik kin kam wit. Gɛt ɛvri doz we yu de gɛt di rayt tɛm.
• If di sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik: Nɔ panik, du tin wit sɛns. Sek dɔktɔ advays, du tɛst if nid de. Tek ɔl di tin dɛn we yu fɔ du fɔ mek yu nɔ go prɛd di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Gɛt ɔl di kɔrɛkt ɛn rili infɔmeshɔn: Nɔ biliv ɛvri rɔmɔr ɔ mistek infɔmeshɔn we de skata na soshal midia. Gɛt kɔrɛkt infɔmeshɔn frɔm intanashɔnal ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn we dɛn no lɛk di Wɔl Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn (WHO), di Sɛntral fɔ Kɔntrol ɛn Prɛvenshɔn fɔ Sik (CDC), wi kɔntri in Ministri fɔ Wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, ɛn yu famili dɔktɔ.
• Yu maynd wɛl bɔdi bak rili impɔtant: Dis pandemik de put bɔku strɛs pan wi, pan wi bɔdi ɛn maynd. If yu de fil strɛs, de fred, ɔr de wɔri, tɔk to yu padi ɔr fambul bɔt dat. Nɔr frayd fɔ aks fɔ ɛp frɔm pɔrsin wae sabi bɔt mɛntɛl hεlth if yu nid am.

Dis COVID-19 pandemic don bi big chalenj fo wi ol. Bɔt if wi ɛp wisɛf, fala wɛlbɔdi advays wit rɛspɔnsibiliti, ɛn fes dis wit gud abit, wi go ebul fɔ win dis prɔblɛm. Mɛmba se, nɔto yu wan de pan dis fɛt, wi ɔl de insay dis togɛda!

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