Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): water quality, sanitation and hygiene management in light of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Water Wheel
; 19(2):6-9, 2020.
Article
in English
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1897471
ABSTRACT
This paper describes the different ways to properly manage water quality, sanitation and hygiene in South Africa amidst COVID-19. These are (1) use of safe disinfectants in the form of bleach, hyphochlorite or chlorine to disinfect the water before use;(2) virus inactivation through boiling (meaning, rolling boiling water for 2-3 minutes), irradiation (solar and UV) disinfection, and sedimentation and filtration techniques;(3) reclamation of wastewater and the use of sanitation services;safe practices in households through safe confinement of human wastes (faeces and urine);and (4) frequent and proper hand hygiene.
7782-50-5; sanitation; hygiene; chlorine; disinfectants; faeces; filtration; households; irradiation; reclamation; urine; wastewater; water quality; coronavirus disease 2019; water treatment; wastewater treatment; ultraviolet radiation; viral diseases; human diseases; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; man; South Africa; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; Anglophone Africa; Africa; Commonwealth of Nations; high Human Development Index countries; Southern Africa; Africa South of Sahara; upper-middle income countries; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; SARS-CoV-2; feces; subsaharan Africa; waste water; water composition and quality; waste-water treatment; waste water treatment; viral infections
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English
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Water Wheel
Year:
2020
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