Avoid contact with dromedaries, especially sick animals.
Do not visit farms where there are dromedaries.
No consumption of raw or incompletely heated food from dromedaries, such as milk, cheese or meat.
No contact with patients with confirmed or probable MERS-CoV infection.
Preventive measures
Hand washing (under running water with soap and water (for at least 15-20 seconds); soaping hands well and then rinsing off the soap scum thoroughly; if necessary, hand disinfection afterwards)
Always after:
Direct contact with other people
Coming home
Coughing and sneezing
Blowing the nose
Going to the toilet
Contact with animals
Always before:
Food preparation
The food
Avoid handshakes and hugs to greet.
Keep your distance from people who are coughing or sneezing.
Turn away when coughing or sneezing, if possible sneeze into the crook of the elbow.
As little as possible touch mouth, nose or eyes with their own hands.
Nasal-mouth protection (MNS): wearing MNS by all members of the household and the sick themselves.
Hand disinfection: Apply agents with proven efficacy, with the range of action “limited virucidal” (effective against enveloped viruses), “limited virucidal PLUS” or “virucidal”.
