CPJ advise for safety: How to report de Coronavirus disease

Journalists for Mexico wey wear Equipment for Personal Protection because of COVID-19 disease to report protest wey workers for General Balbuena Hospital dey do for inside Mexico city on April 16, 2020 (AFP/Pedro Pardo)

We update am for May 20, 2021

World Health Organization (WHO); de join-body of sabi pipo wey dey torchlight all de health mater for dis world don declare say COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) disease na world-wide pandemic. Na him be say de disease dey nearly everywhere for dis world. WHO talk dis tin on March 11, 2020. De situation everywhere for the world still dey change, and kontirs still dey increase or reduce de blockade wen dem put ontop travel and/or all de matta wey dem dey use take keep pipo safe as dem don notice new type of coronavirus  and as de vaccine program for COVID 19  dey spread gradually, according to how dem take report am for news.

Journalists dem, everywhere for dis world dey do better work to give pipo de informate wey dem need to know about everything wen dey happen with dis virus and wetin govment dey do to fight de virus, despite de plenty bad bad tins wey govment for different kontris dey do to reduce independent reports them, and how to get de informate for de reports as CPJ don write down. Media pipo dey face plenty plenty hardship and stress wen fit make dem dey exposed to sickness as dem dey travel to go interview pipo and because of de kind place wey dem dey work sometimes as CPJ take gather for interviews with journalists. Journalists dem don face censorship, detention, face-to-face harassment, even online harassment join; dem don loose deir work because of dis Corona disease,  as CPJ take report am recently. 

To stay ontop de informate as de latest torry dey break and de blocade as dem dey announce am, journalist dem wey dey cover dis sickness suppose dey follow informate wey dey comot from WHO and de public health pipo wey dey dia kontri. For new torry ontop wetin dey happen, de Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center go help wit correct news wey persin fit trust

HOW TO STAY SAFE WEN YOU DEY WORK FOR OUTSIDE

Blockade wey dey untop travel wey dey cross one kontri enter another kontri and/or all de matta wey dem dey use take keep pipo safe dey change all de time, dis one mean say assignments fit easily change or dem fit cancel am; wit chikini informate or even wit no informate at all.

Pipo wey dey work for media house dem wey don collect the vaccine for de virus suppose put for mind say dem still fit carry de virus give other pipo na so the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) take talk am, dem come add talk say de vaccine wey dey, dey give pipo different kinds of protection from de different types of de virus, as Yale Medicine take talk am.  Pipo suppose still continue dey  follow all de matta wey dem dey use take to take stay safe from de COVID 19 sickness, like physical distancing and to dey wear face mask.

Pipo wey wan report about dis COVID-19  disease make dem reason dis informate wey fit kip dem safe:

Before-Assignment

How to make sure say you and your pipo no think too much come sick

How to avoid make you no infect yourself and make you no infect other pipo

Plenty-Plenty kontris still dey practise social/physical distancing, even though de way weh dem take dey do de social distancing fit no be de same for different kontris weh you fit dey. If una dey report about any places weh get big-big risk, like any of de following, make una find out well well about de steps wey dem dey use to take stay clean. 

If una no sure about dis steps, make una no go der.

De Ogbonge steps wey sabi pipo dem recommend to avoid dis sickness na dem be dis:

Equipment for Personal Protection (EPP) wey medical or health pipo dey use.

Based on how de assignment take dey, pipo wey dey work for media need to dey wear de different type of medical EPP wey dey, to do dia report safely. Dis one fit include gloves wey dem fit throw-way, facemask, apron wey dey protect pipo/overall cloth/suit wey dem dey wear for body/ and shoe cover wey dem fit throw-way and other things like that.

To dey safely wear (donning) and to dey safely remove (doffing) any medical EPP require say make you follow de strick observance and adherence to de best safety practices weh dey. I beg click here for general guidiance from de CDC. Make you take special care wen you dey remove (doffing) EPP as na this time de risk for cross-contamination dey high well well. If you dey doubt anything, make you ask experts dem for guidance and training before you go for any assignment.

Put am for mind say for some kontris better medical EPP fit no dey plenty for market or e even dey hard to find am buy. so if you come join those wey dey use am, to get am for market fit hard. 

Face Masks

The correct way to dey use face mask dey very important especially for pipo wey dey work for media wey dey report about all de pipo wey dey outside, for where space dey small, wey breeze no dey, and/or place wey de risk of de virus dey well-well. Make you put am for mind say de drops of de virus for air for places wey dey small and wey breeze no dey fit plenty pass de way e go dey for normal places, dis one fit come come increase de chance say you fit catch de virus.

Make you no forget say, unless e be say who use face mask use am well, de possibility dey say de face mask fit join cause de infection. One new research wey Lancet do show say de quantity of de virus wey plenty reach level wey dem fit notice still dey for mask wey dem dey use for operation, seven days after de mask touch de virus. Sake of dis study, to remove your mask, use am again or touch your face wen you wear de mask fit mean say your chance of catching de infection don increase. 

If e be say you wear mask make you follow dis advise. 

● Put am for mind say face mask fit no dey market, and/or de price fit increase sharply, based on de area.

How to prevent infection from things wey you dey take work

De possibility say COVID-19 fit spread through equipment wey don contaminate na sure tin. Serious steps on how to clean and use chemical wey fit destroy de infection suppose don dey in place wey you go follow all de time.

(Note: I adjust this whole sentence because of the use of the word deep)

How to clean your electrical equipment

follow dis steps to give yourself all de guidance wey you go need in case you dey clean electrical equipment. Make sure say you read de steps from de producers of de equipment to guide you before you try start dey clean any of dem.

Some more steps to guide you dey dis write up

Internet Security

How to physically secure yourself from criminals wen you dey assignment

Travel wey dey cross one kontri to another for Assignments

Because of de world-wide blockade wey dem don put for traveling, to travel from one kontri enter another kontri  still dey very hard. If you fit travel go abroad for your assignment, you suppose reason dis steps:

After-Work

–If you get de symptoms

CPJ Safety Kit wey dey provide journalists and dia newsrooms wit de basic safety informate ontop physical, digital, and psychological safety resources and tools, even informate wey cover civil unrest and elections join.

[Editors’ note: De first time wen dem publish dis safety advise na on February 10, 2020, and since then, dem don dey revise am from time-to-time. De date wey dey ontop now dey show wen dem last update am.]

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