Pandemic

What makes this different

Hospitals and GPs get overwhelmed, shops may empty, and you may need to isolate for weeks.

First steps

• Follow official health advice: it changes as more is learned about the disease.
• Get two weeks of food and medicines so you can isolate.
• Wash hands with soap often, for 20 seconds.
• Use well-fitting FFP2 or FFP3 masks in crowded indoor spaces.
• Open windows to ventilate shared rooms.

If someone in the house gets ill

• Keep them in one room, use a separate towel and cup, and, if possible, a separate bathroom.
• One person does the caring.
• Watch for danger signs: struggling to breathe, blue lips, confusion, very drowsy, not drinking. Call 999 or NHS 111.
• Keep them drinking (see No medical help).

Stay or go?

Stay and isolate. Travelling spreads the disease and moves you away from your supplies.