You don't go to crowded places nor come into contact with strangers and even leave home but you still face a risk of contracting the coronavirus. So where does the virus come from?

A small action such as disinfecting hands before and after handling utensils helps to effectively avoid contracting the coronavirus. Photo: T.V

Home is a safe place, but there is also a potential for spreading highly contagious diseases, even COVID-19 right in a familiar space, because everything humans commonly touch and use every day can be objects via which the virus can also be transmitted to them and they are much contaminated than what the naked eye can see.

Alongside COVID-19, other diseases such as chickenpox, hand - foot - mouth, diarrhea and pink eye can also be transmitted through frequently-touched/used ‘intermediate objects’ in your own home such as doorknobs, spreaders, stairs, tables and chairs, floors, towels, cups and toys. And sometimes, with just a little carelessness, the disease can spread in unexpected situations.

Below are common at-home habits which may lead to COVID-19 infections:

-Do not wash your hands with soap and water and hand sanitizer after opening and closing doors or holding money

-Touch your eyes, nose, mouth directly

-Don't wash your hands after holding the things that others give you

- Don’t wash fruit and chicken egg shells once upon the purchase

-Don’t wash the dish towels

-Share mouthwash and eye drops with others

- Touch your mouth to the top of the bottle of throat sanitizer every time you use it

- Don’t regularly clean and disinfect phones and computers

- Don’t clean the spice jars

- Don’t change and wash bed sheets, blankets often

- Stand close and have direct contact with the delivery person without disinfecting hands and goods immediately

The above-mentioned habits are some examples related to the harmful acts. You should try to list how many things in the house need cleaning before or after use. The number is probably more than you think, so let's start changing our basic daily hygiene habits from the smallest things in a bid to minimise the risk of infection amid the complicated and unpredictable developments of the coronavirus wave.

Reporting by T.V  - Translating by A.T