What should you pay attention to when going out to buy things? How can you feel more at ease when picking up goods purchased online? —— Tips on purchasing protection from the National Health Commission are here

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 9th, Title: What should you pay attention to when going out to buy? How to pick up goods online with more confidence? —— Tips on purchasing protection from the National Health Commission are here

Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Heng and Gu Tiancheng

During the epidemic prevention and control period, grocery shopping has become a "matter of concern" for many people. What should you pay attention to when going out to buy? How can you feel more at ease when picking up goods purchased online? Let's take a look at the tips for safe shopping and protection during the epidemic from the National Health Commission.

When going out to purchase, take good protection and make decisions quickly, don't gather together

People who go to supermarkets and vegetable markets to shop, please remember before leaving: be fully equipped and act quickly.

Wear a mask correctly before going out and make sure it is airtight before leaving. The supermarket environment is relatively closed, and wearing a mask is a good protective measure to prevent the spread of droplets.

Keep your hands clean and use portable hand disinfectant and disinfectant wipes.

Try to avoid touching public items, and do not touch your face, eyes, mouth, or nose with your hands. Wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer and rinse with running water for 20 seconds before touching your eyes, mouth, or nose.

Follow coughing and sneezing etiquette, cover your mouth and nose with your elbow or a tissue when coughing or sneezing, and wrap oral and nasal secretions in a tissue and discard in the trash can.

Choose regular supermarkets with well-implemented prevention and control measures. For example, you can observe whether the supermarkets implement ventilation, personnel diversion, health monitoring, and whether the supermarket’s public supplies, facilities and areas are thoroughly disinfected.

When shopping, do not touch the surface of food directly with your hands. You can put the shopping bag on your hand to shop. When buying raw and cold foods such as meat and seafood, pack them separately from fruits, vegetables, cooked food and other foods.

Try to avoid peak hours, make a shopping list in advance, get straight to the point, make quick decisions, and minimize the time spent in supermarkets and vegetable markets.

Please keep a distance of more than 1 meter from others when shopping for groceries, try not to chat, and do not pull down your mask to talk or eat.

Wear a mask and pay attention to hand hygiene when picking up goods online

When shopping online, choose regular online stores and avoid buying products from unknown sources.

When receiving express delivery, contactless methods are preferred, such as using a smart express receiving box.

When picking up a parcel, wear a mask and preferably disposable gloves to avoid direct contact with the outer packaging of the parcel with your hands.

After picking up the express delivery, you can throw the outer packaging bag directly into the trash can and try not to bring it into the room. If you must bring it in, you can wipe all six sides with disinfectant wipes or use spray disinfectant.

After removing the outer packaging, be sure to maintain good hand hygiene, including washing hands with running water or using hand sanitizer.

Food storage should be done properly. The refrigerator is not a safe.

Reasonable storage methods and storage time help keep the ingredients fresh and hygienic.

When storing food, keep it dry, away from light, low in temperature and well ventilated.

When storing fruits and vegetables, you can use refrigeration, but the time should not be too long.

Animal meat and aquatic products can be stored frozen, but avoid repeated freezing and thawing to avoid increasing food safety risks.

When frozen and chilled foods are stored in the freezer of the refrigerator, they should be stored separately from cooked foods.

When cooking and eating frozen and chilled foods, they should be cooked thoroughly.

Leftovers will produce nitrite if left for too long, so try to cook and eat them immediately.

【Editor: Wang Xue】