With the lockdown in place, I only go out of my house to exercise or to do my groceries. I usually do my groceries twice a week from the market in my neighbourhood. Before I head out, I have to get ready all the necessary things like sanitizer, face mask and face shield. Also before I put on my face mask, I would spray my throat with Betadine, a throat spray. According to this article – https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/singapore-study-throat-spray-effective-reducing-spread-covid19-infection, throat sprays that contain povidone-iodine or the oral drug hydroxychloroquine is effective to reduce the risk of Covid infection. It is good to use this spray if you are going out to a place where there are many people around.
These are the things I need to put on before going out in this new normal. Here is something funny that happened to me a few days ago. I put the throat spray next to the hand sanitizer and when I wanted to spray my throat, I grabbed the sanitizer instead without look at the bottle. Thank God I realized before I swallowed the liquid. I quickly ran to the bathroom and gargled my mouth. Phew! I have to be extra careful with these things.
