FIVE STEPS TO KICK OUT CORONOVIRUS FROM THE WORLD:
SWITZERLAND GENEVA:- On 23 March 2020: FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers, who are calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease.
The campaign promotes five key steps for
people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused
on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical
distance and staying home if feeling unwell.
“FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino
have been actively involved in passing the message against this coronovirus
outbreak since the very beginning,” said WHO
‘’Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus’’ at the virtual launch of the campaign at WHO headquarters in
Geneva, Switzerland.“Be it through campaigns or funding, FIFA has stood up to
the coronavirus, and I am delighted that world football is supporting WHO to
kick out the coronavirus. I have no doubt with this type of support that
together we will win.”
“We need teamwork to combat the
coronavirus.” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
“FIFA has teamed up with WHO because health
comes first.As the virus is spreading between person to person so I call upon
the football community worldwide to join us in supporting this campaign to pass
the message of the coronavirus outbreak.
Some of the greatest players to have played
the beautiful game have put their names to the campaign and are united in their
desire to pass the message to kick out COVID-19.”
Twenty-eight players are involved in the
video campaign, which is being published in 13 languages.
Sami Al Jaber (KSA), Alisson Becker (BRA),
Emre Belözoğlu (TUR), Jared Borgetti (MEX), Gianluigi Buffon (ITA), Iker
Casillas (ESP), Sunil Chhetri (IND), Youri Djorkaeff (FRA), Han Duan (CHN),
Samuel Eto’o (CMR), Radamel Falcao (COL), Laura Georges (FRA), Valeri Karpin
(RUS), Miroslav Klose (GER), Philipp Lahm (GER), Gary Lineker (ENG), Carli
Lloyd (USA), Lionel Messi (ARG), Mido (EGY), Michael Owen (ENG), Park Ji-sung
(KOR) , Carles Puyol (ESP), Célia Šašić (GER), Asako Takakura (JPN), Yaya Touré
(CIV), Juan Sebastián Verón (ARG), Sun Wen (CHN) and Xavi Hernández (ESP).
A video campaign, which will be published
on player and FIFA digital channels, is also being provided as individual
localized files to the 211 FIFA member associations and media agencies, together
with a graphics toolkit for implementation on social media to further pass the
message.
Hands:
“It starts with your hands,” says Alisson
Becker,
WHO Goodwill ambassador for health promotion, Liverpool FC and Brazil
goalkeeper, and The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper, 2019. “Please wash your hands
frequently with soap and water or an alcohol-based solution. Also apply
sanitizers afterwards.
Such frequent washing with soap and water,
or preferably with an alcohol-based hand solution, kills viruses that may be on
your hands. It is simple, but it is very important.
Elbows:
“Cover your nose and mouth with a bent
elbow or tissue when you sneeze or cough,” says Carli Lloyd two-time FIFA
Women’s World Cup winner from the United States. “Dispose of tissue immediately
and wash your hands.”
Droplets spread the coronovirus. By
following respiratory hygiene, you protect the people around you from
contracting viruses, such as cold, flu and coronavirus.
Face:
“Avoid touching your face, particularly
your eyes, nose or mouth to prevent the virus from entering your body,” adds FC
Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi, The Best FIFA Men’s Player
in 2019, and a multiple FIFA Ballon d’Or winner.
Hands touch too many surfaces and can
quickly pick up viruses. Once contaminated, hands can transfer the virus to
your face, from where the virus can move inside your body, making you feel
unwell.
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DISTANCE:
“In terms of social interaction, take a
step back,” says Han Duan, who represented China PR 188 times in an
international career that spanned 11 years. “Stay at least one metre distance
from others.”
By maintaining such social
distancing, you are helping to avoid breathing in any droplets from someone who
sneezes or coughs in close proximity.
Feel – know your
symptoms:
“If you feel unwell, stay home,” concludes
Samuel Eto’o, former FC Barcelona and Cameroon striker, who represented his
country 114 times. “Please follow all instructions provided by your local
health authorities.”
If you have a fever, cough and difficulty
breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance.
Keep informed as local health authorities
provide the latest information on the situation in your area. Please follow
their specific instructions, and call in advance to allow them to direct you to
the appropriate local health facility. This serves to protect you and to help
prevent the spread of virus and other infections.
FIFA have also pledged $10 million to
support the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.
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