Cass Regional Medical Center | Wellness Matters | Summer 2020

6 cassregional.org | 816-380-3474 How to make a bleach cleanser To get rid of the coronavirus on common surfaces, you can make your own cleanser using bleach. First, make sure that your bleach contains 5% to 6% of sodium hypochlorite. Also check that it hasn’t expired. Then follow either of these recipes: > Mix 5 tablespoons (1/3 cup) of bleach with 1 gallon of water. > Mix 4 teaspoons of bleach with 1 quart of water. Be sure you never mix household bleach with ammonia or any other cleanser. That can create toxic fumes. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 IS A NEW DISEASE, and there is still a great deal we don’t know about it. But we are learning new information almost every day. One of the most important things to know about COVID-19 is how it spreads. That’s one of the keys to containing it. Here’s what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found so far. Cover those coughs The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is called SARS-CoV-2. It appears to spread mainly from per- son to person. It may pass from an infected person through the droplets they breathe out when they cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land on people who are nearby and possibly be inhaled into their lungs. That’s why people are urged to keep a distance of at least 6 feet from one another and to cover coughs and sneezes with a cloth face mask, tissue or elbow. It may also be possible to pick up the virus from the air in poorly ventilated indoor spaces. Or a person may be able to get COVID-19 by touching an object that has the virus on it and then touching their mouth, How the coronavirus