Covid 19 Poster Assignment

Recommendations For Keeping Children Safe in the Wake of COVID-19 Keeping safe through regular hand wash Handwashing using soap and running water is crucial in preventing one from contracting COVID-19. As the virus continues spreading, the WHO and UNICEF remind everyone of the importance of regular handwashing. This method is both cheap and effective against the virus. Although COVID-19 infects all ages, children and the elderly are at more risk due to their weak immunity. There is a need to ensure that the caregivers and parents wash their hands regularly. They should also ensure that the children's hands are regularly cleaned with soap and running water. Despite the importance of handwashing in the fight against COVID-19, in many parts of the world, many health care workers, teachers, parents, and children lack basic handwashing facilities at schools, health care facilities, at home, or elsewhere. The latest estimates show that: · Three billion or forty percent of the global population lack handwashing facilities with soap and water. · Approximately seventy-five percent of those living in developing countries do not have access to basic handwashing facilities. · Forty-seven percent of schools did not have handwashing facilities with soap and water, affecting nine hundred million school-age children.....................