{"id":22849,"date":"2020-05-04T18:01:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/?p=22849"},"modified":"2020-05-04T19:21:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:21:43","slug":"covid-19-disrupts-our-routine-but-we-are-tackling-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/covid-19-disrupts-our-routine-but-we-are-tackling-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 disrupts our routine but we are tackling it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As in many countries in the World, Covid-19 virus has compelled LIberia to take preventive measures. According to official data, 155 people were infected \u2014one third recovered\u2014 and 18 died.<\/p>\n<p>Before the emergence in Liberia, there was news all over the media about the widespread of the disease in many countries. We took the step to start passive precautions according to WHO at the unit; a veronica bucket which contained powdered soap was placed at the entrance to encourage all persons entering the compound to wash their hands. In addition, temperatures were monitored.<\/p>\n<p>After the first case was confirmed in the country on March 16th, it prompted the administration to stop visitors entering the compound and irrelevant movement from clients and staff. As the cases increased, some staff volunteered to reside at compound to avoid infecting inpatients, sisters and co-workers. Workshops were conducted for both staff from the clinic and the center.<\/p>\n<p>Clients who returned for follow-up were assigned to go through a firm protocol and ensure social distancing. It has been good so far as we have not had anyone infected. Hopefully, things will continue like it is and all of this will end. clients who reported for follow-up observing social distancing protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual communication with families, staff, benefactors and volunteers have been done through videocalls.<\/p>\n<p>Due to these measures, nobody in the compound has been affected by the disease, fortunately.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-9-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"Videollamada con voluntarias\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-9-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-9.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-6-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-6-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-6-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-6-716x530.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-6-700x518.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-6.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-5-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-5-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-5.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-2-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"Una de nuestras pacientes, dibujando\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-2-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200504-waly-2.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As in many countries in the World, Covid-19 virus has compelled LIberia to take preventive measures. According to official data, 155 people were infected \u2014one third recovered\u2014 and 18 died. Before the emergence in Liberia, there was news all over the media about the widespread&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":22833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-we-are-like-you-en-en"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22853,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22849\/revisions\/22853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}