during this crisis experts say you need
to create a border around your home so
how do you avoid bringing coronavirus
into your house well we're joined right
now by dr. Erik Pena we're keeping a
safe distance here as you can see didn't
even put a microphone on them in fact we
were using just the boom mic right here
dr. Kenya director of global health at
the Health Care Network northwell says
the border begins when you take out the
garbage
you place the garbage in the glade close
the lid and then you're just gonna go
back inside before you touch anything
else in the house wash your hands if you
have to go shopping or for a walk he has
this advice how about your shoes so
shoes I leave at the door they never
come in the house in fact when he comes
home from the hospital
dr. Pena takes an extra precaution
basically it's a standard ziplock bag I
just take my old clothes off and I you
know I wear gloves I put my put my dirty
scrubs in a bag seal them tight and then
I bring them home I usually wipe the
external surface of the bag wash my
hands again change into kind of regular
clothes again and then this goes right
through your right into the wash when I
get home and our pets an issue as a
method of transmitting droplets pets can
absolutely be a risk you know you sneeze
in your hand you touch your pet the dog
runs to the next first and then I pet
the dog they touch their face so
obviously you know you want to be
practice good hand hygiene before and
after you touch your dog as well turning
your house into a boarder also involves
washing fruits and vegetables even
bananas you peel this anyway so that
many people are thinking about wiping
down the external surface of a banana
but you could still contaminate your
hands with the external surface and then
while you're eating the banana get sick
so we still want you to even though the
the fruit is appealable fruit wipe down
the external surface with soap and water
this homeowner from Long Island is
taking extreme safety precautions here
Lissa pace and her daughter Gianna go
through a rigorous cleaning routine
before bringing any packages into their
home I'm helping my mom do like the
routine she does I spray down every
package that we get they heavily spray
down the box with Clorox then they use
this special opener
and spray down what's inside in this
case its food for their pet rabbit
they're not done yet they use their feet
to stuff down the box and slide out the
food and this slippers have to stay
outside next they spray down their hands
finally they let the items sit outside
for a full 24 hours before allowing them
inside their own personal border we're
so concerned it's devastating don't take
this lightly