Good question dear Mokhaled

Protect Yourself & Other everyone should

Wash your hands often

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
• If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

Avoid close contact

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick, even inside your home. If possible, maintain 6 feet between the person who is sick and other household members.
• Put distance between yourself and other people outside of your home.
  • Remember that some people without symptoms may be able to spread virus.
  • Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) from other people.
  • Keeping distance from others is especially important for people who are at higher risk of getting very sick.

Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others

• You could spread COVID-19 to others even if you do not feel sick.
• Everyone should wear a cloth face cover when they have to go out in public, for example to the grocery store or to pick up other necessities.
  • Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.
• The cloth face cover is meant to protect other people in case you are infected.
• Do NOT use a facemask meant for a healthcare worker.
• Continue to keep about 6 feet between yourself and others. The cloth face cover is not a substitute for social distancing.

Cover coughs and sneezes

• If you are around others and do not have on your cloth face covering, remember to always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow and do not spit.
• Throw used tissues in the trash.
• Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, clean your hands with a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

Clean and disinfect

• Clean AND disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.
• If surfaces are dirty, clean them. Use detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection.
• Then, use a household disinfectant.

Monitor Your Health

• Be alert for symptoms. Watch for fever, cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19.
  • Especially important if you are running essential errands, going into the office or workplace, and in settings where it may be difficult to keep a physical distance of 6 feet.
• Take your temperature if symptoms develop.
  • Don’t take your temperature within 30 minutes of exercising or after taking medications that could lower your temperature, like acetaminophen.
• Follow CDC guidance if symptoms develop.

Good question dear Mokhaled

Protect Yourself & Other everyone should

Wash your hands often

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
• If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

Avoid close contact

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick, even inside your home. If possible, maintain 6 feet between the person who is sick and other household members.
• Put distance between yourself and other people outside of your home.
  • Remember that some people without symptoms may be able to spread virus.
  • Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) from other people.
  • Keeping distance from others is especially important for people who are at higher risk of getting very sick.

Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others

• You could spread COVID-19 to others even if you do not feel sick.
• Everyone should wear a cloth face cover when they have to go out in public, for example to the grocery store or to pick up other necessities.
  • Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.
• The cloth face cover is meant to protect other people in case you are infected.
• Do NOT use a facemask meant for a healthcare worker.
• Continue to keep about 6 feet between yourself and others. The cloth face cover is not a substitute for social distancing.

Cover coughs and sneezes

• If you are around others and do not have on your cloth face covering, remember to always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow and do not spit.
• Throw used tissues in the trash.
• Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, clean your hands with a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

Clean and disinfect

• Clean AND disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily. This includes tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.
• If surfaces are dirty, clean them. Use detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection.
• Then, use a household disinfectant.

Monitor Your Health

• Be alert for symptoms. Watch for fever, cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19.
  • Especially important if you are running essential errands, going into the office or workplace, and in settings where it may be difficult to keep a physical distance of 6 feet.
• Take your temperature if symptoms develop.
  • Don’t take your temperature within 30 minutes of exercising or after taking medications that could lower your temperature, like acetaminophen.
• Follow CDC guidance if symptoms develop.

The best methods do not require any money or resources - social distancing, masks, good hygiene, and preventing congregations of people. The governments that have the necessary trust relationship with their people been successful in conveying this to their populations are experiencing cooperation and success. Countries that have non-compliant populations because of inadequate messaging and/or lack of trust are experiencing worse outcomes.

Outcomes if you get sick are a completely different story. It is so variable because the human body has not encountered this virus before. All you can do is experiment. But steroids are showing some promise in severe cases.

Social distancing, social distancing, social distancing, wearing mask should be obligatory, and washing hands regularly and after touching others' stuff.

Dear Dr. Mokhaled N. A. Al-Hamadani have a nice June end.

In my exploration of the dramatic situation of N. Italy (Lombardia), I listed some key elements to study in order to evaluates the worst evolution in my country.

These elements are summarized in the pre-print of Lombardia mortality >>

Technical Report The hyper cluster COVID19 (SARS-CoV/2: Betacoronavirus: Sarb...

and also in the open RG question >> https://www.researchgate.net/post/The_novel_Coronavirus_in_N_Italy_Lombardia_COVID19_2019nCoV_SARSCoV2_shows_a_fatality_rate_compatible_with_SARS-MERS_Why

These elements are as follows:

--viral load in Heath center (air conditioning; health workers as carriers; RX-CAT scan room; wc room);

--potential oral-fecal contagion;

--animal-human-animal contagion and new reservoirs;

--pulmonary co-infections in crowded environments;

--fecal-intestinal presence of SARS-CoV/2

-- .....

I hope this is useful for your wonder country.

--sv--

Go for strict lockdown to control further spread.

The best treatment in Iraq is to stay at home and avoid crowded places while increasing immunity by taking all the tonics that help in this from different antioxidants

If lockdown in whole country is not possible then divide the areas on severity and then shut down the red zone like Iran.

social distancing, masks, good hygiene are necessary components. But don´t forget the impact of covid-19 on mental health such as fear, worry, stress. Especially for families in lockdown and stay at home situations. Is there any opportunity for psychosocial support?

In warn torn regions as Yemen and Syria, the models for the outbreak to be resolved in Iraq is different, because the rationing of resources provides a better outcome, in comparison to the limited time for the health sector to provide safety for its hospitalized patients in war-conflict area.

Dear Omar Hazem MOHAMMED , thanks a lot for your reply. I really appreciate your advice and the mentioned steps to prevent infection from COVID-19.

Dear Deon Canyon , thank you so much for your reply. As you mentioned about the trust between governments and the people, in Iraq people do not trust the government at all. I think the situation will get worse than ever, if people do not wear masks and respecting social distancing.

Dear Firas A. Al-Lolage , thanks a lot for your reply. I really appreciate your advice and hopefully, all the people in our country follow your advice to protect and prevent themselves from COVID-19!

Dear Salvatore Vicidomini , thanks a lot for your reply. I will have a look at the study you have made of N. Italy and we take the points to be used in my country. I really appreciate it and sure will be useful for my country.

Dear Muhammed Ashraful Alam , thanks a lot for your reply. They have done it before for two months and the number of infected people was less than 4000 confirmed cases and less than 100 death. The majority has declared that the lockdown has affected their income and they have no money for the simplest needs for living. The Ministry of Health in Iraq announced that the lockdown starts from 8 pm to 5 am. Since that day until today, the number of confirmed cases has jumped into 39139 and the deaths into 1437. So just imagine the real situation in Iraq.

Dear Luay A. Al-Helaly , than you so much for your reply. I will follow your advice!

Dear colleague,

stay home and use precautionary measures like social distancing, use mask and hand sanitizer etc.

Mask, mask, mask, mask, !!!!! Social distensing, adequete water supply, and implimentation by law. Simple solutions.

People forgot the MRSA which was nicely contained by good hygine.

In some western countries, the arrogence is unbelieveble... UNBELIEVEBLE. They will not wear masks or socially distence....

Nuestro país ha tenido y tiene problemas porque las personas no respetan el distanciamiento social, por lo menos 1 metro. Lavado de manos con agua y jabón frecuente, uso de mascaras.

Y comenzar por las ciudades, identificar casos y ponerlos en cuarentena. Ubicar a sus contactos, si se pudiera hacer por cada pueblo, manzana, localidad, ahí se detiene. Ojala se pueda dar alimentos a los infectados.

I suggest dietary Support. Diets containing micronutrients such selenium found in diary milk, plays a vital role in building stronger host immunity and inhibiting virulence effect of the virus. Zinc containing diet also contributes to body immunity. Vitamins rich food can also ameliorate death rate by improving body resistance to infection.

It is the moral duty of every citizen to follow the instructions given by Government. I am of the opinion that social distancing, staying at home, use of face when going out for very important work, proper washing of hands with soap and water, consuming immune boosting diet, and drinking hot water will be helpful to reduce the spread of this life threatening viral disease that has caused a great havoc in the world.

Mahendra Pal well done, it is well highlighted. However, the govt has a huge enforcement role to play. If this is left, the economic impact that may ensue will be unaffordable, therefore the earlier the better. Even though, I see the whole world pretending that this deadly disease is almost dealt with, whereas, the potential rebound, the so-called second wave has been reiterated by the WHO repeatedly.

Yes, we hope the vir disappear, only we can do is washing our hands continuously, put mask and wear gloves when go out the home

Stay at home.

We all by this time more or less know what we need to do to get ride of COVID-19 calamity. One important point is that Govt. has to form a National Technical Committee on COVID-19 headed by a devoted Public Health Expert. One should work & comment from his position & expertise only. Recommendations from this committee should be considered. Recommendations of WHO also should be considered. Political commitment & social mobilization is definitely important. Thanks...

Dear Jagadish C Das Isam Alkhalifawi Shno Mustafa Ali Kamoru A. Adedokun Mahendra Pal Jonathan Ibrahim Sonia Olinda Velasquez Rondon Anudha Dutta Tariq Mahmood , thanks a lot for your reply. I do follow all the instructions of WHO. However, the situation in Iraq is getting worse than before and the number of confirmed cases has increased to more than 45 thousand and the number of death has increased to more than 2000 thousand. Our government has no specific plan to deal with this disease, we don't have simple needs to prevent our people from Covid-19. Most of the hospitals in Iraq have no Oxegen or medicine that is appropriate to deal with hard conditions.

Simply if the cure or vaccine has not found during these two months, we are going to be like Italy or maybe worse than Italy.

Let's hope for the best.

The remedy is to:

Take serious.

Social precautions as proposed by medical experts.

Social distancing.

Avoid Air journeys.

Stay at homes during all free times, no haste.

Cook & eat at home only.

Swim/bath at home only.

Teach/Read/Write/Listen through home only.

Cleaning & cleaning & cleaning to the best.

All these and many more measures will minimize Corona-19 spread.

Please see the link below.

http://www.emro.who.int/nutrition/nutrition-infocus/nutrition-advice-for-adults-during-the-covid-19-outbreak.html

Please also have a look at the following RG links.

Article Protective Foods to Develop Immunity of Individuals against COVID 19

Article Enhancing immunity in viral infections, with special emphasi...

Article Coronavirus Disease (COVID‐19) and Immunity Booster Green Fo...

There is an extract of 3 species used in traditional medicine that treating immune diseases such as pulmonary tuberculosis.

4 Illicium verum

2 Nigella sativa

1 Elettaria cardamomum

(4:2:1 volumes of the seeds)

1.All grinds

2.Take 2 g from the powder ( or small spoon ) and add 200 ml of hot water then wait 15 min.

3.Drink without filtering and With constant stirring by the spoon to prevent the aggregation.

4.Drink about 30 min. before meals.

Follow SOPs

Lo importante lavado de manos, mascarilla, distancia de 1 metro. Para salud focalizar los casos, hacer seguimiento de contactos y monitorear o vigilar los casos y contactos. Preferible quedarse en casa, es lo mejor.

Dear Muhammad Ali Arvind Singh Marwan Nori Mohammed Ramesh Kumar Sonia Olinda Velasquez Rondon , thanks a lot for your reply. I really appreciate your advice and the steps that I should follow to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Many thanks to all of you.

Govt should have apolitical commitment. Execution of recommendations given by a dedicated national expert advisory committee, dissemination of specific information on prevention through mass media along with community participation-- are the main things to handle the pandemic. Talking on mass media should be scientifically sound & practical. Yes, majority of Covid-19 patients might be managed by home isolation and simple remedial measures. Patients should be hospitalized only when home treatment is not feasible. oxygen & drug supplementation should be judicious. Definitely, O2 should be arranged in dedicated hospital which may needs from 1 L/min to 60L/min & even ventilator support.

Hope for the best of your nation. Thanks, Prof. Dr Jagadish C Das

Health advice for hot weather during the COVID-19 outbreak:

Thank you Mokhaled for raising this question and thanks for every who took part in the discussion.

Let me first give an overview on what I believe

The world was not prepared to deal with such unusual pandemic. It is viral in cause with not immunization and no specific treatment. It is rapidly spreading (Very high incidence rate) difficult to trace with all means. A high proportion of asymptomatic cases who are infectious to others. People were not well prepared to comply with preventive and protective measures . Many deny the existence of a dangerous pandemic. All these factors and others made the response a bit late and ineffective yet. In addition, the world is very wide but interlinked as if it is a village. These interlinking made transmission among countries very uncontrollable. Social media contributed substantially to misinformation among the public. One of the results of all this is that countries may adopt a strategy to live with COVID-19 at least for sometime.

With respect to Iraq, All the necessary measures were undertaken to contain and suppress the epidemic in the country. These measures included closure of international boarders, closure of all universities, they issued instruction on personal protection and social distancing. All governmental offices were instructed to rationalize their work to minimize gathering, All religious and social

functions were reduced to a great extent. However three aspects were not up to the crisis. 1. population commitment to personal protection. 2. Preparedness of the health care system and 3 the very poor contribution of social media in disseminating wrong information.

The result was that the epidemic was well under control for 15 weeks then the hidden transmission was expressed as increasing numbers of cases and consequently more deaths. Despite all these Iraq is not the worse in the world.

The near future may witness more regulatory actions.

Dear Jagadish C Das and Anton Vrdoljak , thanks a lot for your reply. I really appreciate it and I will have a look at the link that you shared with me.

Dear Dr. Omran S Habib , thank you very much for your reply. I do agree with most of the points that you've mentioned above. However, I think the closure of international borders was the last step that our government did.

Nowadays, the situation is getting worse than before and especially the number of confirmed cases has increased to reach almost 4500 cases daily.

If we are going to keep that range of infected cases, that means our country will be one of the worst countries that have dealt with this pandemic.

Thanks a lot again for your reply.