Coronavirus

Coronavirus COVID-19

COVID-19
Public Health
Advice

Stay Safe
Guidelines

Ireland’s public health advice is

guided by WHO and ECDC advice
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 Stay safe guidelines
Continue to:

Wash Cover Distance

your hands well your mouth and nose yourself at least
and often to avoid with a tissue or sleeve 2 metres (6 feet) away
contamination when coughing or from other people,
sneezing and discard especially those who
used tissue safely might be unwell

Avoid Know
crowds and the symptoms. If you
crowded places have them self isolate
and contact your GP
immediately

COVID-19 symptoms include

> high temperature
> cough
> breathing difficulty
> sudden loss of sense of smell or taste
> flu-like symptoms

www.gov.ie/health-covid-19
www.hse.ie

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Stay safe guidelines
Learning to live with COVID-19.

The risk of getting COVID-19 is now part of our daily

lives, and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

We are all vulnerable to this virus and some people, particularly those
over 70 and the medically vulnerable, are at greater risk of becoming
severely ill.

These guidelines are designed to help you make decisions to minimise

this risk as we learn to live with the virus.

If you have any symptoms, stay at home and immediately call your GP.

Risk factors for getting COVID-19

Distance – The risk of getting COVID-19 increases as the distance

between you and others gets smaller. Keep 2 metres apart where
possible.

Activity – How you spend time with people and what you do with
them can increase your risk. Follow the advice in this booklet when
spending time with others.

Time – The more time you spend in close contact with other people
can increase your risk of getting COVID-19. Keep track of who you
spend time with and how.

Environment – Being outdoors is safer than being indoors. Where

possible meet with others outdoors. If this is not possible, keep
windows and doors open when meeting others inside.

Know about the disease – Check the virus like you check the weather.
Know if COVID-19 is in your community and how it is spreading.
Regularly check gov.ie/covid19dashboard.

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 Stay safe guidelines
at home.

Wash Stay Minimise

your hands for at least at home as much as the number of people
20 seconds when you you can in your social network
come in

Limit Open Clean

the number of people windows and doors and disinfect
you invite into your home for ventilation surfaces regularly

Practice Know Keep

good cough /sneeze the symptoms. If you a log of who you
hygiene. Use your have them self isolate meet each day
elbow or a tissue and contact your GP
immediately

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Stay safe guidelines
at work.

Know Wear Wash

the symptoms. If you a face covering on your hands for at least 20
have them self isolate public transport* seconds when you arrive
and contact your GP to work, and regularly
immediately through the day

Stay Have Disinfect

2m away from fewer, shorter, regularly touched
colleagues smaller meetings objects

Don’t Practice Open

touch your face good cough /sneeze windows and doors
hygiene. Use your for ventilation
elbow or a tissue

Keep
a log of who you *Not suitable for children under 13
meet each day and those who have difficulty wearing them

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 Stay safe guidelines
when shopping.

Know Keep Avoid

the symptoms. If you the amount of time crowds and
have them self indoors shopping as crowded places
isolate and contact short as possible
your GP immediately

Stay Wear Practice

2m away from people a face covering* good cough /sneeze hygiene.
when queuing Use your elbow or a tissue

Pay Step Respect

special attention to aside to give other people
vulnerable people others space including staff

Wash Keep
your hands for at least a log of who you *Not suitable for children
20 seconds when you meet each day under 13 and those who have
get home difficulty wearing them
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Stay safe guidelines
when using public transport.

Know Keep Wear

the symptoms. If you 2m away from other a face covering*
have them self isolate people where possible
and contact your GP
immediately

Avoid Practice Don’t

touching surfaces good cough /sneeze touch your face
where possible hygiene. Use your
elbow or a tissue

Pay Respect Wash

special attention to other people your hands for at least
vulnerable people including staff 20 seconds after using
public transport

Keep
a log of who you *Not suitable for children under 13
meet each day and those who have difficulty wearing them
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 Stay safe guidelines
exercising outdoors.

Know Stay Avoid

the symptoms. If you 2m away from contact sports
have them self isolate people
and contact your GP
immediately

Don’t Pay Practice

share exercise special attention to good cough /sneeze hygiene.
equipment vulnerable people Use your elbow or a tissue

Step Wash Keep

aside to give your hands for at least a log of who you
others space 20 seconds when you meet each day
return home

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Stay safe guidelines
at outdoor gatherings.

Know Avoid Stay

the symptoms. If you crowds and 2m away from people
have them self isolate crowded places you don’t live with
and contact your GP
immediately

Don’t Practice Pay

share food or other good cough /sneeze special attention to
items such as rugs or hygiene. Use your vulnerable people
glasses elbow or a tissue

Step Wash Keep

aside to give your hands for at least a log of who you
others space 20 seconds when you meet each day
get home

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 Stay safe guidelines
at indoor gatherings.

Know Avoid Wash

the symptoms. If you indoor gatherings as your hands for at least
have them self isolate much as possible – and 20 seconds when you
and contact your GP keep as short as you can arrive
immediately

Don’t Stay Wear

share anything like 2m away from others a face covering*
glasses or cups

Don’t Pay Practice

touch your face special attention to good cough /sneeze
vulnerable people hygiene. Use your
elbow or a tissue

Step Keep *Not suitable for children

aside to give others a log of who you under 13 and those who have
space meet each day difficulty wearing them
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Stay safe guidelines
while cocooning.

Stay Meet Stay

at home as much as the same group of family 2m away from people
you can or friends regularly when outside home

Shop Wear Practice

during designated hours a face covering at all good cough /sneeze
as much as possible times when shopping or hygiene. Use your
in someone else’s home elbow or a tissue

Avoid Know
public transport as much the symptoms. Contact
as possible and use at off- your GP immediately if
peak times if necessary you have them

Welcoming visitors

Limit Open Outdoor

visitors to a small group windows and doors and areas, if possible, are
for a short period of meet visitors in well safer for visiting or
time, socially distanced ventilated spaces receiving visitors
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 Stay safe guidelines
while visiting someone cocooning.

Wash Wear Practice

your hands or use hand a face covering at all good cough/sneeze hygiene.
sanitiser when you arrive times during the visit Use your elbow or a tissue

Stay Avoid Open

2m away from physical windows and doors
everyone contact for ventilation

Outdoor Know
visits are safer to the symptoms. Don't
prevent spread of the visit and call a GP if
infection you have them

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www.gov.ie/health-covid-19
www.hse.ie