lately, more and more news about that in one family can get sick COVID-19, while others will not be infected. Why is this happening and what to do if the family had someone sick coronavirus infection? These questions are answered immunologist, infectious disease, clinical virologist, Director of SIC for the prevention and treatment of viral infections Georgy Vikulov.
“still, contagiousness, infectiousness novel coronavirus infection is not one hundred percent, that is, people who are in the same room, not everyone gets sick. It is a known fact. We only have a few diseases is an open form, pneumonic plague, smallpox – where 100 percent of all sick,” said Vikulov in the program “About the main thing” on TV channel “Russia 1”.
According to him, the infectiousness of the pathogen COVID e-19 lower than that of the bird flu virus and the measles, although higher than that of seasonal flu. The doctor noted that the coronavirus infected at least 50 percent of people exposed to the sick.
the Chances of a person to be infected with the coronavirus also depend on the viral load on the body.
“Why, unfortunately, physicians get sick? Because they constantly get a large viral load,” explained the doctor.
On the question of what to do if a family member is sick COVID-19 and remained on treatment at home, Vikulov said that the first step is to allocate the patient a private room.
“This is an absolutely reasonable measure. Respect a distance of at least 1 meter is not enough, because it is believed that still 2 meters it should be, even talking about what 6 steps should be,” – said the expert.
you Should limit contact with infected people in the household to care for the sick should one member of the family. Recommended to frequently ventilate the room every day to disinfect the surface. Refers to all items that can be processed, for example, alcohol napkinsAMI or other disinfectants. Vikulov added that on any metal surfaces the virus can survive for several days, and on a human hair it can persist for up to three days.
According to the latest data of the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus, in Russia, for the day is confirmed by almost 8.4 thousand cases of infection. In the whole country, the number of cases amounted to more than 379 thousand people died 4142 person. Fully recovered from COVID-19 at the moment 150,9 thousand people.
