Covid 19 - a great threat to all mankind.
We all know about how deadly the virus is. If I say, daily you are carrying the virus to your home by your buying foods stuff, will you believe me. Well yes in India most of people buy their foods from local vendors. Daily a vendor came in contact with approximately 100-150 customers. So the probability of having covid is high specially in the contentment zone . And just think about it you are buying foods from them. Are you scared ? Don't worry here some tips to avoid such kind of probability.Though there has not been a single case registered of SARS-CoV-2 infection through food products. But Nonetheless there's always a chance of CoV-2 contamination by food products.
So what to do ?
1. You should wash your hands with soap and water once we come home from the grocery store or food market.
2. You should rinse vegetables, fruits or eggs under running water.
3. Foods which can not be washed with soap or detergent should be boiled or coocked before consumption.
4. You should peel off the outermost layers of layered vegitables like Onion. Cabbage etc .
5. And the important thing is you should use gloves during food handling and buying from market.
6. Packaged food should be washed with soap and detergent before opening it .
7. We should avoid contamination between foods .
8. Proper cooking of food should be maintained ( proper boiling and heating ).
9. You should frequently wash your hands before and after handling foods.
10. You should frequently wash your kitchens and food containers with proper sanitizer.
11. Kitchen should not be accessed to everyone of the house . Only one member of the family should do the cooking.
12. Uncooked foods should not be in contact with cooked foods.
