Table of contents:
- Tips for protecting yourself outside the home
- Just stay home when you're sick
- Wash your hands often outdoors
- Hand sanitizer available
- Practice good health protocols
- Take a shower regularly
- No need to shake hands first
- Avoid crowds in public places
- Transaction
- Protect yourself with health insurance in adapting to new habits
The Large-Scale Social Restriction Regulation (PSBB) is starting to loosen up. Some regions have begun to make transitional PSBB towards adapting to new habits or what was previously known as new normal. Not a few young people began to return to their activities or do hobbies outside the home. The streets are busy again, public facilities are starting to be visited by the people, and places to eat have started serving meals on the spot. However, keep in mind that the pandemic is still not over. You should not be careless and still need to take care of yourself. Come on, see the various practical ways to protect yourself in the midst of adapting to new habits.
Tips for protecting yourself outside the home
Doing hobbies or things you like is a way to keep your mind "fresh". A calm mind has played an important role in maintaining mental and physical health in the midst of a pandemic. Call it stress that can trigger sleep problems. Sleep problems make the body lack of quality rest. Lack of rest has a negative impact on the immune system in fighting disease, as quoted from the Mayo Clinic.
However, in the midst of a pandemic, you must take the following methods when engaging in hobbies outside the home:
Just stay home when you're sick
It is better to stay at home if your body is not in good health or shows signs of illness even though it is mild. Let the body rest to protect itself and the environment if the disease is caused by infectious causes.
Wash your hands often outdoors
Washing your hands regularly when outdoors can minimize the risk of contracting infectious diseases. Wash your hands with soap and clean running water so that your hands are clean from bacteria that cause disease. The practice of cleaning hands as a way of protecting oneself in the midst of adapting to new habits is by rinsing and rubbing hands with soap for at least 20 seconds.
Hand sanitizer available
Not all areas outside the home or room have a place to wash your hands. Therefore, it is important for the community to provide hand sanitizer aka hand sanitizer when leaving the house. Avoid touching the face area without first cleaning your hands. Don't forget to clean your hands after touching any surface when outdoors.
Practice good health protocols
In accordance with the direction of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkes), implementing the recommended health protocols can help accelerate the handling of COVID-19 in Indonesia. Health protocols that must not be forgotten when carrying out a hobby outside the home is to use a mask and keep your distance.
Adapted to a new habit, don't forget to protect yourself and your surroundings by wearing a mask made of cloth. Also, make sure to stay at least 2 meters away from other people when you are outside. Both of these are useful to minimize the risk of contracting COVID-19 which can spread through respiratory droplets.
Don't forget to change your dirty clothes and wash your hands when you get home after doing activities outside.
Take a shower regularly
Bathing should be done before and after pursuing a hobby outside the home. Many diseases and conditions can be prevented by maintaining personal hygiene. One way is to regularly take a shower to clean various parts of the body with soap and water.
No need to shake hands first
Doing a hobby outside the home with friends is a fun activity. However, protect yourself from adapting to new habits by not shaking hands or having lots of physical contact with relatives. The goal is for the good of oneself and others in minimizing the risk of spreading or being exposed to things that can interfere with the health of the body.
Avoid crowds in public places
A number of places have begun to allow people to take up hobbies in public facilities, such as running or cycling in the stadium environment. However, avoid the place if it is too crowded so that the practice of keeping your distance is not carried out properly.
Likewise, if you use public transportation for activities outside the home. Try to avoid overcrowded public transportation by choosing to wait for the next bus instead of taking one that is already quite full.
Transaction
The Ministry of Health also advised to prioritize transactions with electronic money in the midst of a pandemic. Transactions using electronic money allow a seller and a buyer not to exchange banknotes that are not guaranteed cleanliness.
Therefore, when pursuing a hobby outside the home, maybe you can consider this.
Protect yourself with health insurance in adapting to new habits
Face uncertainty in the midst of a pandemic by having health insurance. The benefits of health insurance help you to be better prepared for the things you don't want due to illness. Quoting from a study from the World Health Organization (WHO) entitled Private Health Insurance: Implications for Developing Countries, the right health insurance can play a positive role in helping a household financially.
Health insurance can help households avoid large-scale expenses when hit by health problems. As a result, the financial capacity of the premium owners is still protected even if they experience a disaster in the form of an illness.
In short, the things above can be done by young people or any age group when they want to do activities outside the home when adapting to new habits. However, for toddlers and the elderly, the Ministry of Health suggested that it is best to stay at home during the pandemic.
