Overview

Viruses are found everywhere in the natural environment and can be infectious, causing illness that can spread between people. This virus protection and prevention course looks at what a virus is, how to prevent a virus from spreading and actions to take should there be a viral outbreak.

Objectives

At the end of the course, trainees will be able to:

• What a micro-organism is,
• How a virus spreads,
• The chain of infection,
• Who is at risk,
• Good personal and environmental hygiene,
• How to report an illness.