Not Food, This is the 4 Healthy 5 Perfect Movement according to the Covid Task Force to Prevent Corona

Kapanlagi.com - Amid facing the ongoing increase in cases of the coronavirus pandemic, the Covid Task Force has a new way of inviting the community with the 4 healthy 5 perfect movement. However, this movement may sound ordinary like a regular slogan. But this time there is something different about the meaning of the slogan.

If the 4 healthy 5 perfect slogan is identical to food groups starting from staple foods, side dishes, vegetables, and milk as a complement. However, the old version has now been changed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo has adapted the slogan coined by our ancestors. So what are the contents of the 4 healthy 5 perfect slogan according to the Covid-19 Task Force?

1. Use Masks

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The slogan '4 healthy 5 perfect' has often been heard to socialize healthy eating patterns. This slogan has been a guideline for Indonesian society to implement a healthy eating pattern since the 1950s. However, this time the slogan is slightly different and adapted in the midst of the corona pandemic.

This time, the '4 healthy 5 perfect' slogan according to the COVID task force contains the message to use masks. Considering that masks are the most important item to protect oneself from the corona virus or COVID-19. Various types of masks with various choices have been found to continue to protect oneself from respiratory protection, such as inhaling dangerous substances in the air, including viruses.

2. Keep Distance, (Physical and Social Distancing)

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The second content of the '4 healthy 5 perfect' slogan is an advice to maintain distance. This refers to the government's regulation of social distancing, which is to maintain a distance to suppress the curve of corona virus spread. Maintaining a distance is done at least 1 meter.

Other implementations of social distancing are done by staying away from gatherings or crowded places, as well as avoiding mass meetings. This is done to reduce the chances of disease or virus transmission.

3. Diligently Wash Hands with Soap

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Next, the covid cluster slogan contains advice to diligently wash hands with soap. Handwashing can be done regularly using soap and washing with running water. Handwashing can be done as often as possible for a duration of 20 seconds.

Make sure all parts of the hands are thoroughly washed, such as between the fingers, the back of the hand, and the wrist. You can also clean your hands using hand sanitizer. Use hand sanitizers with 60% alcohol content to eliminate viruses.

4. Exercise, Get Enough Sleep, and Stay Calm

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In fighting the corona virus, it is best to transform oneself into discipline towards health. During a pandemic like now, practice good habits like exercising, getting enough rest, and avoiding excessive panic that will actually deteriorate your health. You can do light exercises such as jogging or yoga at home. In addition, get enough sleep to improve the quality of your sleep.

5. Eat Nutritious Food

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In the past, '4 healthy 5 perfect' referred to carbohydrates, meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, and milk. But now, everything falls under the 5th point, which is eating nutritious food. Maintaining the body's immune system can be done by consuming healthy and nutritious food. This is certainly important to keep the body healthy and protected from exposure to the COVID-19 virus.

That is the meaning of the slogan '4 healthy 5 perfect' according to the COVID task force to fight against the coronavirus. This approach should be followed together in combating the coronavirus, improving the body's immunity, and breaking the chain of COVID-19 transmission.

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