Maintain a distance of 6 feet (2 meters) from everyone when you are out of the house.

Social distancing slows the spread of the coronavirus. COVID-19 is very contagious because it spreads quickly and easily by virus cough droplets, sneezing, and breathing.

ALWAYS wear a face mask when you go outside.

N95 and N99 masks are highly recommended for protection, but disposable masks or cloth coverings will be protective too. When wearing a mask, make sure that your nose AND mouth are fully covered.

After returning from outside, be sure to properly remove your mask, clean it, or throw it away if it is disposable.

NEVER touch your face, eyes, nose, and mouth when you are in a public place, especially the grocery store.

Touching any part of your face in public is the biggest danger because the Coronavirus can easily find its way into the body through the eyes, nose, and mouth.

If you need to touch your face for some reason when you are in public, make sure to thoroughly sanitize your hands with hands sanitizer or wash your hands with water and soap.

People tend to touch their face about 25 times per hour without even realizing it.

Be cautious of all the things you touch at home with dirty hands and make sure to clean and disinfect these frequently touched surfaces including: tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.

Always clean the surfaces you touch with dirty hands with cleaning materials like Lysol wipes, Clorox wipes, detergent, soap, water, household disinfectants, etc.

Avoid going to public places like restaurants, malls, shops, and hotels unless it is absolutely necessary.

Certainly, this time is very unprecedented and we are all looking for ways to go out and still protective ourselves. While taking a stroll around the neighborhood while wearing a mask is healthy and safe, touring around public, highly-crowded areas puts yourself and others at risk of getting the virus.

In addition to taking precautions, we must look for ways to ensure our mental, emotional, physical, psychological, and social well-being.

Drinking a lot of fluids, sleeping well, eating a balanced and healthy diet, exercising, getting sunlight, breathing fresh air, finding ways to reduce anger, stress, and frustration with yoga and/or meditation, and keeping mentally and socially (but virtually) active are all vital to bring balance to our mind and body.

We must take care of ourselves. Taking precautions is also very important, but still puts a greater risk of getting the virus in case something accidental occurs (e.g., you touch your face with dirty hands). Do not restrict yourself from going for a walk around your neighborhood in areas that are not crowded because fresh air and sunlight is essential for our mental, emotional, physical, psychological, and social well-being.