There are many infectious diseases spread through faeces, such as hepatitis A, hepatitis E, typhoid fever, cholera, hand, foot and mouth disease, and some parasitic diseases, such as tapeworms, pinworms and roundworms.

Will novel coronavirus be transmitted through feces?

Recently, the National Health Commission organized experts to conduct research, and stool samples of some confirmed cases reported by some provinces were found to be positive for virus nucleic acid, suggesting that there is the possibility of fecal transmission in COVID-19, but it is not yet certain whether it can be infected or transmitted by eating food or water contaminated by virus. At present, the prevention and control work has fully considered the risk of fecal transmission. In the "novel coronavirus Prevention and Control Plan (Fourth Edition)" issued by National Health Commission on February 6th, corresponding measures and requirements were put forward for laboratory testing, close contact management, protection of specific people and disinfection of specific places.

How to prevent fecal transmission in novel coronavirus?

1. For the public, especially catering employees, it is necessary to develop good personal hygiene habits, maintain hand hygiene, and wash hands before and after meals and after touching easily contaminated items.

2.2. Fruits and vegetables should be cleaned before eating.

3. Don't eat raw food. Vegetables and meat should be fried. If you eat fruit, you'd better peel it. Chopping boards and knives for handling raw and cooked food should be separated, and attention should be paid to washing hands in time.

4. Advocate drinking boiled water instead of raw water.

What should I do after going to the toilet during the novel coronavirus epidemic?

After going to the toilet, it is recommended to cover the toilet lid first and then flush the toilet.

Wash your hands carefully after defecation.

How to clean toilets during the novel coronavirus epidemic?

1. If there are no confirmed patients, asymptomatic infected people or close contacts at home, general cleaning and hygiene will do.

If there are close contacts at home, it is best to use a separate toilet. If there are no conditions, you can use chlorine-containing disinfectant (such as 84 disinfectant) to clean the toilet every day, and use disinfectant to wipe the "high-frequency contact" parts, such as the toilet button, toilet seat cushion, toilet interior and toilet door handle, for disinfection.

Do ordinary people need to share meals and chopsticks during the novel coronavirus epidemic?

If the public stays at home, if there is no doubt that the patient is infected or infected, they can follow their previous habits without special meals and chopsticks. There is no need to disinfect plates and chopsticks. If you really don't feel at ease, just steam the dishes and chopsticks together 10 minutes after the water is boiled.

How to deal with the vomit and feces of novel coronavirus patients?

1. A small amount of pollutants can be carefully removed with disposable absorbent materials (such as gauze and rag). ) soaked in 5000 mg/L- 10000mg/L chlorine-containing disinfectant (or disinfectant wet wipes/dry towels that can reach a high disinfection level).

2. A large number of pollutants should be completely covered with disinfectant powder or bleaching powder containing water-absorbing components, or covered with disposable water-absorbing materials. Pour a sufficient amount of chlorine-containing disinfectant of 5000 mg/L-10000 mgi on the water-absorbing materials for more than 30 minutes (or a sterilized dry towel that can reach a high disinfection level) and carefully remove it.

3. Avoid contact with pollutants during cleaning, and the pollutants after cleaning shall be treated as medical waste. The patient's excrement, secretions, vomit, etc. Should be collected in a special container, according to the ratio of feces and drugs 1:2, soaked in chlorine-containing disinfectant containing 20000mg/L for 2 hours.

4. After removing pollutants, the surface of polluted environmental objects should be disinfected. Containers containing pollutants can be soaked in disinfectant containing available chlorine 5000mg/L for 30 minutes, and then cleaned.