How to be safe in the workplace during the COVID-19 outbreak?
There is no way to escape the Covid outbreak that is ravishing the world right now. As long as the world turns people will continue to have to work together whether in offices or from home.
As government policy changes so much in these times we must be able to cope with high flexibility and be ready to accept any situation. This can be very stressful and we must find a way to cope with the stress.
Symptoms that indicate stress include:
• Feeling irritable, angry. • Feelings of fear, anxiety • Lack of motivation • Feeling tired • Feeling sad and suppressed. • Sleepy • Forgetful
Factors contributing to the escalation of stress in an epidemic are:
• Anxiety with the risk of infection in the workplace • Anxiety to protect and take care of yourself and your family, such as having to wear a mask, carry hand sanitizer • Manage the additional work that comes with Covid • Lack of necessary equipment and tools. • Guilt for not helping those who are confronted with those at risk. • Learning to use new tools to communicate. • Having to change the place of work. New working hours.
Techniques for building resilience and managing stress at work:
1.Communicate with everyone in the team about working pressure. and must maintain a distance of at least 6 feet and wear a mask at all times. • Describe the need to work together. But there must be a distance • Talk openly with all employees about the COVID-19 outbreak. How does it affect our work? What exactly do we expect from everyone? • If you have a problem talking to HR.
2.Think about what we can and can’t do. Let’s do what we can and do our best. 3.Pay attention to improve the work we do every day to be smooth. highly flexible 4.Pay attention to find out more knowledge and keep up with the day-to-day events about Covid 5.Take care to protect yourself, understand the risks and share information with close people to reduce stress. and help each other 6.Remind yourself all the time that in this unusual situation Rare gold must have a full spending limit. 7.Always remind yourself that in this unusual situation, we must be strong and that we will get through it. 8.Stop watching news, infections, and the number of deaths. Serious outbreak from TV and social media because it will cause the mind to fall 9.Contact information. Tell us stories of how the outbreak affects us by phone, email, and texting to relieve stress. 10.Find a friend to talk to reduce stress or see a psychiatrist for treatment.
We can’t know when the outbreak will end but we can all get through this dire situation together.
