Like in most parts of the world,Swine Flu scare is predominant in Muscat. One round around the malls and other tourist spots here and you will see people taking utmost care and precautionary measures.
A sanitizer is invariably present all around the cities and tissues are like second skin to people here. What I learnt from the local news papers here is that they are propagating hand washing as the cheapest way of controlling diseases.
Health authorities around the world are stepping up efforts to persuade people to be more hygienic and wash their hands properly to help slow the spread of H1N1 swine flu.
Hand washing with soap has been ranked the most cost effective intervention for the world wide control of disease. It could save more than a million lives a year from diarrhoeal diseases and prevent respiratory infections –the biggest causes of child mortality.
Water does not kill germs, soap does. So don’t be a dirty soap dodger.
Courtesy: Oman Daily Observer
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