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  • during this crisis, experts say you need to create a border around your home.

  • So how do you avoid bringing Corona virus into your house?

  • We're joined right now by Dr Eric Penna.

  • We're keeping a safe distance here.

  • As you can see, I didn't even put a microphone on him.

  • In fact, we're using just the boom mic right here.

  • Dr.

  • Anya, director of global Health at the Healthcare Network North well, says the border begins when you take out the garbage.

  • You placed the garbage in the lid, closed the lid, and then you're gonna go back inside before you touch anything else in the house.

  • Washington If you have to go shopping or for a walk, he has this advice.

  • How about your shoes?

  • So, shoes.

  • I leave it the door.

  • They never come in the house.

  • In fact, when he comes home from the hospital, Doctor Penna takes an extra precaution.

  • Basically, it's a standard Ziploc bag.

  • I just take my old clothes off, and I mean, I wear gloves.

  • I put my foot my dirty scrubs in a bag, seal it tight, and then I bring them home.

  • I usually wipe the external surface of the bag.

  • I wash my hands again, changing to kind of rein regular clothes again.

  • And then this goes right into you right into the wash.

  • When I get home and our pets an issue as a method of transmitting droplets, pats could absolutely be a risk.

  • You know, you sneeze in your hand, you touch your pad.

  • Dog runs to the next person that I put the dog.

  • They touch their face.

  • So obviously you know you want to be practice.

  • Good hand hygiene before and after you touch you dogs.

  • Well, turning your house into a border also involves washing fruits and vegetables, even bananas.

  • Repeal this anyway, so that many people are thinking about wiping down the circus gentle surface of a banana.

  • But you could still contaminate your hands with the external surface.

  • And then while you're eating, the banana gets sick, so we still want you to.

  • Even though the fruit is appealable fruit, wipe down the external surface.

  • It's open water.

  • This home owner from Long Island is taking extreme safety precautions here.

  • Lisa Pace and her daughter, Jonah, go through a rigorous cleaning routine before bringing any packages into their home.

  • I'm helping my mom.

  • Do you like the routine?

  • She does.

  • I three down every package, heavily sprayed down the box with Clorox.

  • Then they use this special opener and spray down what's inside this case.

  • It's food for their pet rabbits.

  • They're not done yet.

  • They use their feet to stop down the box and slide out the food and the slippers stay outside.

  • Next, they spray down their hands.

  • Finally, they let the items sit outside for a full 24 hours before allowing them inside their own personal border.

  • We're so concerned, it's devastating.

  • Don't take this lightly.

during this crisis, experts say you need to create a border around your home.

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