{"id":1562,"date":"2020-03-12T14:06:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T04:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1562"},"modified":"2020-03-12T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T04:06:24","slug":"flu-season-update","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/flu-season-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Flu Season Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Effective hand hygiene is vital<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, it is important to remember that effective hand and sneeze\/cough hygiene is the best defence against viruses and can help prevent the spread of illness.<\/p>\n<p>Lead by example and encourage your children to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>wash their hands regularly with soap and water, before and after eating, and after going to the toilet<\/li>\n<li>use alcohol-based hand sanitiser if soap is not available<\/li>\n<li>cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or the inside of their elbow<\/li>\n<li>dispose of tissues in the bin immediately<\/li>\n<li>if they\u2019re unwell, stay at home and avoid contact with others such as touching, kissing or hugging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NpmB80pWUsk&amp;feature=youtu.be\">20 second routine<\/a> video for effective handwashing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1563 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/hand-washing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/hand-washing.png 657w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/hand-washing-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/hand-washing-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/hand-washing-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective hand hygiene is vital As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, it is important to remember that effective hand and sneeze\/cough hygiene is the best defence against viruses and can help prevent the spread of illness. Lead by example and encourage your children to: wash their hands regularly with soap and water, before and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1562","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}