It is still advisable to practise great hand cleanliness even if it is highly unlikely that COVID-19 may be transferred through food. When cooking meals at home, wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds before touching any food. If you’re thinking about going out to eat, try making a meal at home or ordering takeout so you can avoid socialising.
The safety of frozen food
Frozen foods shouldn’t alarm you, according to Dr. Sanjay Gupta of the Internal Medicine department at Paras Hospitals in Gurugram, even if colder temperatures delay COVID-19 inactivation. Inactive viruses cannot multiply or disseminate the illness for which they were created. Most frozen food tests are unsuccessful. Furthermore, even if a live virus were present, it would probably be destroyed by stomach acid.
eat prepared food
Viruses cannot survive in environments with higher temperatures. Viruses deactivate faster when the temperature rises. The virus is unlikely to survive in food that has been cooked using methods including boiling, baking, and microwaving.
Avoid eating in enclosed settings.
By inhaling the respiratory droplets of infected individuals, COVID-19 is mostly disseminated. If you are dining at a restaurant, you are more likely to contract COVID-19 from other customers or the employees. A person may be more susceptible to contracting the virus if they eat at a restaurant where there is a lot of close person-to-person contact.
Keep your distance.
Even if the risk of transmission through items like food is remote, practise good hygiene. Dr. Gupta suggests using good hand hygiene, especially after going to public areas like the grocery store, dining outside the home at least six feet away from neighbours, wearing a mask, and staying at home and avoiding social situations if you’re feeling under the weather.
Take these safety measures when dining out.
We cannot let a hypothetical and incredibly remote risk of foodborne contamination divert our attention from the primary goal of stopping person-to-person transmission. because direct contact between people is the most common way that COVID-19 is transmitted.
