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As many regions in Spain enter into Phase 1 of the planned deescalation measures, BayRadio Health Correspondent Jeremy Kenton has a reminder of some of the key health issues that you still need to bear in mind...and that there's no room for complacency.
Get in touch with him at http://www.osteopath-kenton.co.uk/ and keep staying safe.
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this is Bay radio I'm Jeremy Kenton now
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we have some very good positive news but
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we also have a warning now remember that
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kovat 19 is opening up the possibility
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of is moving to phase one now what that
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means is that there's far more freedom
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but some alarming facts you've got to
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remember that the reason why we're
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moving to that phase one is because
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there's more availability in hospitals
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should the number of cases increase and
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that means that we mustn't let our guard
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down now on my way to work yesterday I'm
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still seeing patients originally it was
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just emergency patients but noticing
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more chronic cases as well what's
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happening is that people are letting
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their guard down when I was on my way to
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work yesterday I was quite alarmed at
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the number of people who were out for
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their one hour of exercise who weren't
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wearing gloves who weren't wearing masks
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and were in groups now if I remember but
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the effect of a mask is it going to
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protect you it'll offer some protection
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it's not going to prevent things from
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happening but if you don't wear it when
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you're in contact with other people
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you're a risk of giving them exposure
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and they are also risk for you of giving
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you exposure so they're not foolproof
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and there are different types as we know
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but you really should be wearing it and
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in some regions and under certain
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conditions it's mandatory it's
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compulsory that you should wear it
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especially if you have a passenger in
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your vehicle and the other thing that
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I've noticed is that people really are
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not wearing them properly many people
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are wearing them flat so that they're
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not offering full protection remember
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that before you put it on just pinch if
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you've got this tight the nosepiece
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halfway through to this fold in half
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pinch it and it will mold to the shape
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over your nose far better
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and remember that you should only apply
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it using the strings or the elastic and
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that simple trick if it is loose just
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attach a paper clip to the bank which
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will mean that it gives you more
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movement and tightens the whole thing up
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now
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gloves once again and masked if you have
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the disposable type they are exactly
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what they say they're disposable and
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you're meant to be getting rid of them
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after you've worn them as soon as they
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become moist from your breath normally
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which is about an hour to two hours
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chuck them in the bin and the same goes
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for gloves these are nitrile gloves
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which are actually washable in an
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alcohol solution so they're reusable but
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with the disposable types throw them
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away and remember take them off properly
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so when you're taking them off use one
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gloves to peel the other one off but
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we've got to be even more vigilant
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because people were at the very
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beginning in terms of hand washing and
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also the use of alcohol but remember and
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I see this so often in supermarkets
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people are just putting one tiny dab and
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then just going like this that's not
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sufficient in the same way that you
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should be spending about 20 to 30
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seconds washing your hands the same
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thing applies with alcohol scrub in
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between the fingers take rings and
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jewelry off watches off when you're
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actually applying it it's so important
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that you're actually covering the
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alcohol over the whole of your hands not
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just a quick dab and rub but remember
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please as we open up as hopefully we
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will on Monday - phase 1 please still be
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vigilant please still be sensible keep
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your social distancing and take great
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care of yourself in that respect but
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also as people are now beginning to
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exercise more and I've seen some
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patients in the last few days where
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they've suddenly started doing forms of
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exercise that either they're not used to
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or forgetting that they're taken
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such a long break away from the exercise
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that it's so important that they warm up
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and limber down afterwards and even that
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goes for brisk walking just very very
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gentle stretches to prepare the muscles
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for the activity that they're going to
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do and for those of you for those of us
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who haven't done a lot of exercise for a
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long time over the last eight weeks that
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really is very important so remember
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hand-washing use of alcohol drinking as
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well as obviously putting on your hands
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if it helps and just taking great care
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to remember that this isn't over and
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that you've got to be as vigilant now as
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we were at the beginning so I wish you
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all the very best about
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