{"id":38546,"date":"2021-06-02T20:33:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=38546"},"modified":"2021-06-02T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:03:39","slug":"what-should-i-do-if-i-have-been-exposed-to-someone-who-has-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=38546","title":{"rendered":"What should I do if exposed to Covid-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38542\" style=\"width: 782px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38542\" src=\"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210602-WA0086-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"912\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File Photo | Dr. Farooq Ahmad Ganie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>By: Dr Farooq Ahmad Ganie<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, SKIMS, Soura<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you may become infected, even if you feel well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After exposure to anybody who has COVID-19, do the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact health care provider to find out where and when to get a test.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If testing is not available, stay home and away from others for 14 days.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While you are in quarantine, do not attend your duties don\u2019t go to work, or to public places.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Keep always 1-metre distance from others, even from your family members.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wear a medical mask when you need to seek medical care.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Clean your hands frequently.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in a separate room from other family members, and if not possible, wear a medical mask.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Keep the room well-ventilated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you share a room, place beds at least 1 metre apart.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Monitor yourself for any symptoms for 14 days. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay positive by keeping in touch with loved ones by phone or online.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Establish a daily routine and keep to it each day. For example, get up at the same time, have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the same time. May be do a particular activity at the same time each day such as a walk in the morning, watch a film after lunch, hot chocolate before bed. Routines will help keep a structure and help you feel that you have some control over your day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This will help you to do away with the negative implications of loneliness, and perception of being isolated.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Dr Farooq Ahmad Ganie Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, SKIMS, Soura If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you may become infected, even if you feel well. After exposure to anybody who has COVID-19, do the following: Contact health care provider to find out where and when to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}