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basically no is no mucus of phlegm, basically no gui substance and not issue. and this is not the odd and there, it has to be regularly for other reason. it clearing your throat or smoking. so how high a fever is a coronavirus fever? well if you have one, you will know about it. technically it is a body temperature of more than 37.8dc or 100 fahrenheit. but if you have not got a thermometer, basically you will feel hot and your chest and back be hot if someone touched you. if you have either of these symptoms and you need to stay at home for seven days. and if you live with other people they need to stay at home for at least 1a people they need to stay at home for at least1li days. but if your symptoms get worse or they do not come away, if you live in the uk then you need to contact the online in hs 111 coronavirus service. if you live abroad then call your local healthcare provider. washing your hands often and for at least 20 secondsis hands often and for at least 20 seconds is vital in helping to stop the spread of coronavirus. not sure
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how to? here is how and make sure you watch until the end when we have got a special treat for you. so first, we create a lather. rubbing my hands. in between the fingers. to the ends of my fingers. here as well. and again, my palms. my wrists. the top of my hands again. rinse. but i'm going to use a tissue to turn off the tap to stop cross contamination. so that is how to wash your hands properly but now, here is the surprise. if you are told to self isolate,
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that means staying at home, not going to work, school or other public places. you should not have any visitors. if you develop symptoms, a fever or cough, and seek advice first by phone. do notjust turn up at a medical centre or hospital. if you live with others and you need to stay in a well ventilated bedroom, with the door shut. if you have to share a bathroom, then use it after everyone else. do not share towels and toiletries. your waste should be double bagged. if you test positive, it will be separately disposed of. if you live on your own, you could order shopping online or get friends to help but they should leave it on
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the doorstep. the coronavirus causes a mild illness forfour out the doorstep. the coronavirus causes a mild illness for four out of five people. self isolating will help protect older people and those with underlying health problems from getting infected. do not touch your face. contagious. and i have not touched my face in weeks. we can't help it, it is part of our dna, we are hardwired to do it. we know this because humans as young as foetuses in utero touched theirfaces. so young as foetuses in utero touched their faces. so every time you tell yourself stop touching your face! don't touch your face! if i touch my face i'm going to get really ill! were telling yourself to do something that is entirely unnatural to do and when we are touching at a face, what we're doing is calming
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ourselves down and when we touch certain areas of our facing what we're doing is we're activating certain pressure points which then activates something called the parasympathetic nervous system which is the thing that makes us come ourselves down internally. we see the same response in dogs and cats, children often model the same behaviour as their parents. so if oui’ behaviour as their parents. so if our parents when they are shocked they touch their faces or when they are surprised they touch their faces oi’ are surprised they touch their faces or if they are upset they touch their faces, or if they are upset they touch theirfaces, much more likely to do exactly theirfaces, much more likely to do exa ctly sa m e theirfaces, much more likely to do exactly same thing. the irony is that at a time when it is more important than ever to not touch your face, important than ever to not touch yourface, unconsciously important than ever to not touch your face, unconsciously your mind is constantly moving to a place where it can better protect you by doing the things that it knows will soothe you and so your unconscious mind will prompt your hands to go straight to your face. while it is almost impossible to totally stop touching yourface, a key almost impossible to totally stop touching your face, a key way to go about making it easier to pick up other habits which lead you to do it
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so other habits which lead you to do it so that may mean wearing glasses instead of contact lenses. it may mean wearing less make—ups you don't have to type it up through the day. you may also mean creating habits around how you use your hands, rather than perhaps when you are a lwa ys rather than perhaps when you are always moving around and having your hands like this and making it so easy for them to land in your face, making an effort to cross your hands and put them on your lap. then when the urge comes, pick your hands up and touch your face, you will be more aware of what you are doing and you can catch yourself. i'd cleaned my house beforehand if i touch my face! one of the reason people wear masks is because they think it is going to protect them from the virus but the virus is not floating around in the air. so it is not protecting me against anything because it is not fair. it is... probably going to be on my hand because of shaking hands with someone who has got the virus. and i have transmitted it, i have carried the virus. to my face.
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if you are in an environment where everybody else is wearing a face mask and you are not, it may make you feel vulnerable. because you feel like you don't have the protection everyone else does but logically, if you are not close to people, they are not coughing and sneezing on you that a face mask isn't necessary. the virus enters the body through mucous membranes, meaning the eyes and nose and mouth. and it is transmitted from person to person generally by us touching our eyes, nose or mouth. 0r person generally by us touching our eyes, nose or mouth. or if we are inhaling droplets directly from someone inhaling droplets directly from someone who is sneezing or coughing. the best way for the general public to protect itself against coronavirus and other respiratory viruses is really careful hand
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hygiene so that is really washing your hands with either soap and water or alcohol gel your hands with either soap and water or alcohol get if soap and water or alcohol get if soap and water is not available, especially when you think you have been exposed, so if you have been in public places and touching surfaces that other people may have touched, it really is the best way and bringing attention to my touching my face was to mark one of the problems if lots of people who don't need face masks are using face masks or stockpiling them, it means there are not enough face masks available where they are really needed for people like healthcare workers who are on the frontline and dealing with suspect or confirmed coronavirus cases. the vast majority of people are not susceptible to getting a severe infection. for most people it will be a mild illness a bit like having a cold or a cough or a flue. it is the older people with comorbidities who are at risk so you do not need to go and panic my face
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masks. —— panic buy. do not need to go and panic my face masks. -- panic buy. i didn't have anything, not even a sniffle or cough. however, on fabry seven, really early in the morning, like three o'clock in the morning, i woke up three o'clock in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. hello. —— february. isolation is basically four walls with the door. i got my food to a secure hatch. my medication, my change of clothing, mitel. yes, you have the phone, you can mitel. yes, you have the phone, you ca n text mitel. yes, you have the phone, you can text someone, you may have a video call but just can text someone, you may have a video call butjust been completely with no human interaction ——my towel. i almost felt like i would knock on the wall and talk to the
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other patient next door to have some conversation with a human being. when i was going through the critical stage, one thing that i encountered was really breathing, it was just so laborious trying to get from my bed to the bathroom with just, i don't know, five metres away, just walking to the bathroom and it was just challenging. reminder that you can keep up to date with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak, the symptoms to watch out for how to guard against it and what it means for you on the bbc news app and on our website. hello there. there was a little bit more in the way of sunshine to go around on friday and it really turned out to be quite a glorious day
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across many areas. this was the scene in cockermouth in cumbria. thanks to trevor for sending that beautiful weather watch picture in. you can see the extent of the sunshine we had. further south, we had this weather front with us again and it continued to bring some dull and damp weather into the very far south of england and even into the early afternoon, there was some light rain reported in hastings in east sussex. now, overnight tonight, many of us will have dry conditions. the breeze keeping the frost at bay across many south—eastern areas but the further north you go with those lighter winds, we'll see temperatures dip well below freezing. that said, there are just a few showers dotted around as well across the hills of southern england, across the hills of north—east england too but for most of us it is a dry—looking picture. for the weekend, this area of high—pressure, this area of low pressure not really changing very much. just a shuffling of positions a little bit more and that means the winds are going to switch from a easterly to more or a south—easterly direction. but that is still a cold wind that will be blowing and making it feel pretty chilly out and about, particularly in the morning. some patchy cloud around as well, cloudy to start the day across western areas,
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quite high cloud and a nice sunrise for some of you. the winds will make it feel cold and those winds will be at the strongest across the hills and western coasts of wales and across the moors and coast of south—west england. gusts of 40, perhaps even 50 mph in one or two areas, which will make it feel quite chilly — certainly knocking the edge of the temperatures. —— off. and i suspect we will have some areas of cloud in the north sea affecting eastern areas of scotland in particular. we might have some of that both in the morning and the afternoon. it won't be nice and sunny everywhere. 0n into the night—time, saturday night: we could see some patchy cloud coming in from that north sea but when winds do manage to drop out, we could well see a slightly more widespread frost. a colder start to the day on sunday but then that said, the winds will be blowing a little bit less strongly on sunday so probably won't feel quite as chilly. there will be quite a lot of dry weather and sunshine to around. perhaps some slightly thicker cloud edging into the scottish highlands and threatening an odd light shower but for most of us another fine looking day.
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temperatures between eight and 12 degrees. a little bit cool with onshore winds on the eastern coasts of scotland and england. into next week: the area of high—pressure still holding on but we see this weather front starting to slip in across the far north—west. monday looks like being another dry day with sunshine. then we will start to see some rain approach the far north—west as we go from tuesday and wednesday. that is your latest weather, bye for now.
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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: empty streets from new york to california, but president trump says he doesn't expect to impose a national lockdown in the us. you go out to the midwest, you go to other locations and they are watching on television, but they don't have the same problems. a new way of life in the uk, as borisjohnson orders pubs and restaurants to close to try to prevent the spread of the disease. after several days with no domestic infections in china, people are finally starting to make their way outdoors. # we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when... britain's most famous wartime singer shares a message for the world
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