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this is Bay radio I'm Jeremy Kenton
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now obviously coronavirus is our main
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concern and the first thing I had to say
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try not panic if you have problems
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breathing exercises side the breath out
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from the mouth then take a gentle breath
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in for a mental count of five and then
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sigh the breath out again breathing
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exercises are very important and
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exercise generally is very important
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we're all trapped in our homes and it
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really is a good idea to move up and
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down jog up and down your corridor if
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you've got a balcony or terrace go
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outside breathe in air eat well
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try not sit in front of the television
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there are so many things that we can do
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even though we're in our home but keep
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active try and stay positive
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try and stay relaxed and try and create
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some kind of routine the anxiety what's
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going on at the moment is worrying us
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all but there's so many things that we
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can do at home to try and help ourselves
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so if you're not feeling well what are
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the signs and symptoms of the
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coronavirus well the most important
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thing to remember is that this is still
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the flu season and many people are
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actually suffering at the moment from
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normal flu or coughs and colds the
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specific things about this corona virus
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are that it's a very dry unproductive
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cough so in other words no mucus no
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phlegm and it would be repetitive dry
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hard repetitive cough with a temperature
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and remember that our normal body
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temperature is of course 37.5 if it goes
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above that and we're talking about 37.8
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or their advanced then you've got a
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temperature bear in mind that once your
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temperature goes up your body's trying
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to actually fight things but ignore some
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of the absolute rubbish that people are
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talking about in terms of blasting hot
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air and to the nose or into the throat
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that is exactly what it says it's hot
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air all that will do is damage the
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so a dry unproductive cough with the
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temperature and if you have difficulty
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in breathing as well then that is a fair
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indication of what's going on people are
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talking about a test that you can do
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yourself in terms of taking a sharp
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intake of breath and holding it if that
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produces pain you've definitely got
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coronavirus that is once again total
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rubbish the only way you can
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specifically tell if it's the corona
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virus is by a blood test now some people
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are wanting to get those blood tests
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privately at a moment private hospitals
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and many of the private laboratories
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have now been requisitioned by the
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government and so therefore really do
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not waste your time trying to get a test
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done if your symptoms are dry repeated
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unproductive cough with the temperature
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and the difficulty in breathing contact
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the emergency number and we'll publish
