The Medical City Clinic

  • HOME
  • CLINICS
    • METRO MANILA
      • QUEZON CITY
        • SM NORTH EDSA
        • SM NOVALICHES
        • SM FAIRVIEW
        • SM STA. MESA
        • ALIMALL
        • ARANETA CENTER
        • COMMONWEALTH (ONE FELICITY)
        • CONGRESSIONAL (WALTERMART MUNOZ)
        • EASTWOOD
        • FISHER MALL
        • GATEWAY
        • REGIS CENTER
        • ROBINSONS MAGNOLIA
        • TRINOMA
        • TIMOG
      • CALOOCAN
        • VICTORY MALL
      • LAS PIÑAS
        • SM SOUTH TOWER
      • MAKATI
        • SAN LORENZO PLACE
        • WALTERMART MAKATI
      • MANDALUYONG
        • SM LIGHT MALL
        • SM SHAW
      • CITY OF MANILA
        • SM MANILA
        • SM SAN LAZARO
        • LUCKY CHINA TOWN
      • MARIKINA
        • SM MARIKINA
      • PARAÑAQUE
        • SM SUCAT
        • WALTERMART BICUTAN
      • PASAY
        • SM MALL OF ASIA
      • PASIG
        • AYALA FELIZ
        • SM EAST ORTIGAS (PASIG)
      • SAN JUAN
        • GREENHILLS (CONNECTICUT ARCADE)
        • SANTOLAN TOWN PLAZA
      • TAGUIG
        • SM FTI
        • MARKET! MARKET!
      • VALENZUELA
        • SM VALENZUELA
    • PROVINCIAL LOCATIONS
      • ANTIPOLO
      • ROBINSON’S CAINTA
      • STA. LUCIA EAST GRAND MALL
      • il CENTRO
      • SM CENTER DAGUPAN
      • SM CABANATUAN
      • SM LIPA
      • SM MASINAG
      • SM SAN JOSE DEL MONTE
      • SM SAN MATEO
      • SM PAMPANGA
      • SOUTHWOODS
      • WALTERMART TAYTAY
  • ABOUT US
    • TMC CLINIC
    • TMC NETWORK
  • CAREERS
  • NEWS
  • CONTACT US
  • PRIVACY POLICIES
    • PRIVACY POLICY FOR PATIENTS
    • PRIVACY POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES AND JOB APPLICANTS
    • COOKIE POLICY FOR THE MEDICAL CITY CLINIC
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Covid 19
  • Shopping, Banking and Handling Deliveries During The COVID-19 Pandemic

BLOG

Shopping, Banking and Handling Deliveries During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, 16 September 2020 / Published in Covid 19, News

Shopping, Banking and Handling Deliveries During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Last Updated on October 19, 2020

(Part 3 of The Medical City Clinic’s Living With COVID-19: A Comprehensive Guide on Staying Healthy and Safe During the Pandemic – a series of practical tips and how-tos in navigating the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.)

Taking precautions to slow down the spread of coronavirus poses new challenges for everyday tasks such as buying groceries, doing our banking errands and with tasks as simple as receiving and handling deliveries at home.

In this time of uncertainty, even the simplest and most mundane activities may turn into an anxiety-inducing ordeal that brings a lot of questions in mind: Is it safe to touch food packaging at the grocery? Do I need to spray alcohol on the ATM keypad/touchscreen before I withdraw money? What’s the risk of getting COVID-19 from food deliveries at home?

To spare you from some of the complex and sometimes confusing results you might get from Googling all these questions, here is a comprehensive guide on how you can stay safe when running important errands outside your home.

3.1. Buying Food and Supplies at Stores, Groceries and Wet Market

As grocery shopping remains a necessity during this pandemic, you might have a lot of questions about how to shop safely. Before we get to the details of your trip to shop for food and supplies, it’s important to note that the coronavirus appears to be transmitted mainly from person-to-person through virus particles that are spread when someone sneezes or coughs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

So as long you have yourself protected, you shouldn’t be all that paranoid about going out to shop for essential supplies. And while the risk of transmission is always present when you are out and about, there are still steps you can take to reduce the spread of coronavirus and lower the risk of you catching it at the mall, grocery or wet market. Here’s your guide to shopping safely during the pandemic:

How to Shop Safely For Food and Supplies  During the Pandemic 1
How to Shop Safely For Food and Supplies  During the Pandemic 2

3.2. Transacting at Banks and Money Transfer Services

The use of online banking and cashless payments gained more popularity since the start of the pandemic with some local banks recording an increase as high as 160% in daily sign-ups on its online banking and mobile banking platforms. 

Yet a lot of people still need to visit their banks or use money transfer services in order to withdraw/send money, pay bills and process other transactions. To keep yourself safe when running errands at your local bank or money transfer service, here are a few practical tips for you.

Transacting at Banks and Money Transfer Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

3.3. Dining Safely at Restaurants

As community quarantine restrictions are eased, businesses like restaurants and cafes also start to reopen and even accept dine-in customers. It may be tempting to just lay off your use of food delivery apps and head out with your family or friends at your favorite restaurant. Before even considering such temptation, ask yourself this question first: Do I really need to go out and eat at a cafe or restaurant? 

If someone in your family has symptoms of COVID-19 or a family member belongs to a high-risk group, the answer should be a definite “NO”. However, if you do not have such concerns and you simply want a change of environment by dining out, then here are some important points you need to consider.

3.4. Receiving and Handling Deliveries at Home

You might have seen articles and even read studies claiming that the coronavirus can live on different surfaces. For example, on cardboard, the virus can survive for 24 hours. On plastics and stainless steel, it can survive for up to 3 days. With people receiving deliveries left and right these days, how concerned should you be about touching packaging that may be contaminated?

Infectious disease experts are still working to figure out what the infectious dose requirement is for viruses on surfaces to actually cause an infection. But as always these days, it helps to be extra cautious even with activities as simple as receiving and handling deliveries at your home.

Receiving Deliveries at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Handling Deliveries at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Taking these extra precautions might seem a bit much – even extreme on certain levels. But they’re important to ensure your safety and your family’s while you go about your day to day life.

***

Watch out for more #PracticalPandemicTips on Part 4 of our “Living With COVID-19” series. We are going to talk about providing support to people with COVID-19 including living with coronavirus patients at home and supporting your family and friends who are living in a quarantine facility.

Tagged under: banking, coronavirus, COVID-19, deliveries, health, living with covid-19, pandemic, shopping

Category Posts

  • A snapshot of air quality in the Philippines in 2019
    air quality in the Philippines
  • Pin-up Gambling Establishment App Download Apk Android & Iphone Free Of Charge
  • Zastal Zielona Góra W Polskieradio24 Pl
  • Pin-Up Casino Adresinde Canlı Casino Hesabı Aç
  • Darmowe Gry Hazardowe Jackpot Spróbuj Gry Jackpot W Ciągu Darmo
  • 1xbet 1хбет 103 Скачать На Android Apk
  • Mobil Uygulama Betwinner Ile Nasıl Para Kazanılır
  • Зеркало 1xbet Рабочее и Сегодня Букмекерская Контора 1xbet 2021
  • 博猫彩票平台app下载-️官网tb888 Online-金鼎国际app下载-365博球-1xbet体育官网登录-️官网tb888 Online-ku游官方入口lc
  • Casino 25 Euro Rabatt Ohne Einzahlung ️ 25 No Deposit

The Medical City Clinic

Operated by ProSer Health Services, Inc. (PHSI) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Medical City.

6F Unit 3 & 4, Rockwell Business Center Tower 3 Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City

Trunkline : (02) 8396 9899

PAGES

  • HOME
  • CLINICS
  • ABOUT US
  • CAREERS
  • NEWS
  • CONTACT US
  • PRIVACY POLICIES

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

Powered by Kowd Technologies © 2020 The Medical City Clinic All rights reserved.

TOP