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There are simple things we each must do to protect ourselves from #COVID19, including 👐 washing with 🧼 & 💦 or alcohol-based rub.
WHO is launching the #SafeHands Challenge to promote the power of clean 👐 to fight #coronavirus.
Join the challenge & share your 👐 washing video!
To join the #SafeHands challenge, follow WHO guidance on:

👉bit.ly/WHOHandRubbing
👉bit.ly/WHOHandWashing

Join & help us keep the world safe from #COVID19!

We look forward to watching your videos!
How to handwash?

Use 🧼 and 💦 for at least 40-60 seconds

#SafeHands #coronavirus #COVID19
How to handrub?

Use alcohol-based handrub 🧴 for 20-30 seconds

#SafeHands #coronavirus #COVID19
Thank you @DrNataliaBecker, our Goodwill Ambassador, for joining the #SafeHands challenge and helping us beat the #coronavirus! #COVID19

We thank @Alissonbecker, our Goodwill Ambassador, for taking part in the #SafeHands challenge and supporting the global #COVID19 response. Together, for a safer world. #coronavirus

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Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros. #coronavirus pscp.tv/w/cT5F4zI2MTAy…
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The sudden and near-constant stream of news reports about #COVID19 can cause anyone to feel worried.

Get the FACTS; not the rumors and misinformation.
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WHO, @unfoundation and partners launch first-of-its-kind #COVID19 Solidarity Response Fund.

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So, I can assume you all know about COVID-19 or more informally Coronavirus outbreak. During this inferno, I've seen people reacting in the most visceral of ways, trusting their gut, rather than official guidelines and facts.
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This is a thread about why it is absolutely essential that we get people out of jails, prisons, & immigration detention during the #COVIDー19 pandemic. It will include information & demands for how to #StopCOVID19inJails .

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As a Hong Konger, I continue to be baffled by the public response in Europe. Though most are concerned, many are still acting like it's nbd. HK was in the news because of #COVIDー19 a month ago. There are travel advisories against HK. Peopled abroad asked me about it. 1/
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My colleagues & I have been studying/researching crisis informatics for over a decade, looking at how people converge online to make sense of crisis events. This field is informed by much older research in the sociology of disaster. Many of our lessons are relevant to #covid-19.
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Tom Jesson
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Fantastic podcast on coronavirus #COVID - here are my notes, if helpful to anyone
Comparisons to other diseases:

Compared to SARS, MERS, coronavirus is "more transmissible... really unforgiving".

Compared to the flu - "I hear a lot of this, 'it's just like the flu' - it's 20x more deadly, from what we know right now"
The flu is, comparatively, "not that transmissible"... "for the flu you need close contact", which is defined as being within 6 feet for 10-15 mins.
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We've confirmed human-to-human transmission of #COVIDー19 in Sydney & we know asymptomatic people transmit the virus. The time to start self-distancing is now. Advice this morning from Health Minister Greg Hunt to 'wash hands' & 'look out for each other is inadequate.' Thread.
The virus is not containable. It harms can only be mitigated. The people in our community most likely to be harmed are the already sick, frail, & elderly.

Our hospitals do not have "surge capacity." Therefore it's our responsibility to try to slow the spread of the virus.
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a) shutdown of public transport;
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medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
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