How to take care of yourself and carry on with your duties as a frontline worker?

• Take all preventive measures that you are talking about in the community such as keeping safe distance, washing hands frequently including before and after home visits. Carry your own soap if necessary
• If you are visiting or accompanying a suspected case to any health facility, make sure to cover both your mouth and nose with folded cloth or mask.
• If you are conducting community meetings or supporting outreach sessions the groups should not be larger than 10-12 people.
• Maintaining safe distances for those living in crowded areas or the homeless is going to be difficult.
• Even then you should inform them about preventive measures and support them as required.
• Self-monitor for signs of illness and report to the Medical Officer, immediately if any symptoms develop.
• Ensure that you continue to undertake tasks related to care of pregnant women, newborns and sick children, Post Natal Care, Breastfeeding and Nutritional Counselling, TB and NCD patient follow up while taking preventive measures.
• Remember older people are at higher risk, so take special care to visit homes of elderly people.
• Continue to pay special attention to the marginalized, as is your routine practice.
  Also as the people’s trusted health worker, try to reassure them that while those with symptoms and high risk need close attention, for others, prevention measures will decrease the risk of getting the disease.