What does a Stay at home order really mean?

What does a Stay at home order really mean?

The idea is to make sure that people self-isolate where they live to prevent the spread of the virus in the community. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has taken the lead to make sure that people stay home except for “essential activities, healthcare, travel.”

Essential activities are things like grocery shopping, filling medications, doctor’s appointments, and outdoor exercise (but you must stay at least 6 feet away from other people.)

·      Essential businesses include grocery stores, gas stations, hospitals, and healthcare facilities.

·      Essential travel is any movement that’s required to get you to an essential activity or business, returning travellers, or activity that you need to do to care for a dependent.

·      Besides these activities and business, everything else is closed. That means no schools, no restaurants (except takeout), bars, or movie theatres. Everyone who can work from home should work from home.

This is similar to what’s happening in Italy, Spain and France, though each country varies in how they’re handling the specifics. In Italy, there is a strict curfew; in Paris, people have to carry forms showing the reason for being outside; and in China, millions of citizens are not even allowed to go to the grocery store.

It isn’t clear exactly how lockdown rules will be enforced in Nigeria, but the aim is to stress to everyone how seriously we should be taking this crisis to avoid infecting each other – especially since we don’t know exactly who is sick. And it is worthy to note that the virus does not spread, it is people that are infected that are spreading the virus.

During this period, Salus Trust HMO can be reached through the following channels:

Our call Centre, available 24/7, on 013428992 (Calls & SMS), 08052272587 (Calls & SMS) and 08113898231 (WhatsApp)

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We urge everyone to continue to observe the basic hygiene rules of frequent hand washing, avoidance of face-touching, and social distancing while obeying government pronouncements.

On our part, we shall continue to update you with new developments on COVID-19