51 Questions and Answers on COVID-19 by AKANKSHA Jayant Ahirrao

For Adults
• Climb up the stairs as much as you can, think of it as an opportunity to be
active.
• Use household chores as a way to be more physical activity.
• Join in an online exercise class or make up your own routine to music you
enjoy that uses the major muscle groups and raises you heart rate.
• Do some muscle strengthening activities such as lifting weights or
improvise using full bottles of water or simply use your own body weight
and do sets of press ups, sit ups and squats.
• Make time for fun, such as dancing to music.
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47) How are COVID-19 and influenza viruses similar?
Firstly, COVID-19 and influenza viruses have a similar disease presentation. That
is, they both cause respiratory disease, which presents as a wide range of illness
from asymptomatic or mild through to severe disease and death.
Secondly, both viruses are transmitted by contact, droplets and fomites. As a
result, the same public health measures, such as hand hygiene and good
respiratory etiquette (coughing into your elbow or into a tissue and immediately
disposing of the tissue), are important actions all can take to prevent infection.
48) How are COVID-19 and influenza viruses different?
The speed of transmission is an important point of difference between the two
viruses. Influenza has a shorter median incubation period (the time from