translated from Spanish: How to prevent COVID-19 contagion by going to markets?

Markets, tianguis and supermarkets are places with high risk of COVID-19 contagion, due to the high influx of people, how to do shopping safely?
Given the likelihood of contagion, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) recommends prevention measures to the public before, during and after going to the establishments.
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Before you leave
Carlos Benito Armenta Hernández, head of the Promotion and Education area in the Life Cycle of the Coordination of Integral Health Care at the First Level, suggests making a list of the items to be purchased, to make your search more efficient.
The list should include the name of the item, the quantity or size, the brand and in some cases the taste or even the areas or corridors where they are located within the establishments.
According to the official, it is essential to take into account the amount of money needed not to affect the budget, and the option to place home orders should be considered.
Preferably a single person, selected from the members of the family or social network, should attend and, if possible, ensure that the family does not have any chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, obesity, cancer, or an older person or pregnant woman. It should be avoided to take girls and boys.
It is also important to set the best time to go shopping, as there are some where more people come, so it recommends identifying, according to the characteristics of each place, the best time or attend when opening the establishment.
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Shopping with caution
On the way to the market or commercial establishment, prevention measures should be followed such as proper hand washing before leaving, using mouth covers and avoid greeting or saying goodbye to kiss or hand, and not forgetting to carry cloth bags or reusable and antibacterial gel.
If you go in your own vehicle, whether it’s a car, motorbike or bicycle, Armenta Hernández recommends disinfecting the most contacted sites such as handles, steering wheel, handlebars, gear lever, handbrake, radio and seats, mainly.
If public transport is used, it is suggested to keep the distance healthy, use a disposable handkerchief to open doors or hold, and if possible, use the non-dominant hand.
If possible, eating or drinking should be avoided during the journey, and if it is necessary to cough or sneeze, the label technique of doing so at the inner angle of the elbow or using a disposable handkerchief should be used without removing the nozzle cover.
Care should be taken not to touch the face, mainly eyes, nose and mouth and when lowering the transport disinfect the hands with alcohol-based gel.
In establishments where carts or baskets are used, it is preferable to use disposable towels to clean the handlebars or handles, and then disinfect hands with gel.
The official points out that it should be avoided to touch products that will not be purchased, as well as the conveyor belt of supermarket boxes, in addition to storing as much as possible the healthy distance of 1.5 meters between person and person.
It is preferable to buy food and products that last longer, since the number of visits to the stores should be reduced to the maximum.
It is recommended to avoid payment in cash or, where appropriate, disinfect hands with antibacterial gel every time surfaces or objects, including coins and banknotes, are touched.
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Back home
When returning home, you should find a space to empty the contents of the bags and proceed to disinfect them.
Fruits and vegetables should be washed with soap and water in the same way as in any other circumstance, while foods found packaged should be cleaned with a damp cloth and any disinfectant solution.
When it is possible to dispose of the plastic or cardboard packaging of some products, it is suggested to perform immediately and at the end you should wash your hands again and remove the head cover.
Bags should be washed with soap and water, or disinfected if they are of other material.
According to Mexico City’s Secretary for Economic Development, Fadlala Akabani Hneide, there are 38 markets closed for COVID-19 outbreaks on Monday.
At a press conference he noted that these are in Venustiano Carranza, Cuauhtémoc, Tlalpan, Azcapotzalco and Gustavo A. Madero, although there are other mayoralties in which some are partially functioning.
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Akabani said 100% of capital markets have been sanitized.
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Original source in Spanish