Since the outbreak of the epidemic years ago, we have gradually raised the importance of pneumonia prevention and control, as the virus began to spread throughout the country and even in other countries, people are gradually realizing that the new coronavirus pneumonia spreads strongly, China’s renowned respiratory medicine expert Professor Liu Yuning said that “the new coronavirus is a new type of virus, and is still in the process of spreading, there is no way to confirm the intensity of his infection, and at present it seems to be higher than the SARS virus. This new coronavirus is a new type of virus and is still in the process of transmission, there is no way to confirm his infectious intensity, which seems to be higher than that of the SARS virus, and a recent clinical retrospective study suggested that the transmission index of the new coronavirus should be revised to 4.7-6.6. The biggest difference between the new coronavirus and the SARS virus is that the virus has the power of transmission when the symptoms are mild, which is the difficulty of the outbreak’s prevention and control.” The new coronavirus transmission is mainly droplet transmission, in the confined space and crowded places where the virus spreads fast, the number of infected people will increase, and patients do not necessarily appear high fever, some patients respiratory symptoms are not obvious, some patients is a little tired, headache, accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms. So isolation and protection is the best measure at the moment. Then the elderly at home resistance and immunity are relatively weak, and the vast majority of them also have a combination of underlying diseases, for these elderly protection how to do to be more applicable? Home isolation If the elderly can do home isolation is the best, do not go out, less go out is the best protection measures, even if you go out, but also do a good job of personal protection, wear a good mask, and people to maintain a certain distance. If you stay at home, in addition to maintaining a light, healthy diet, usually can also be a little bit of exercise at home, playing Baduanjin, dancing can be, both exercise and not too stuffy and boring. Timely ventilation in the home isolation must pay attention to ventilation from time to time, which does not cause the virus into the home, but will reduce the virus concentration, to ensure that the air is fresh, it is recommended that the elderly to increase the number of ventilation, reduce the time of ventilation, you can choose to open the window when the sunshine ventilation, each time for about 10 minutes. When ventilating, pay attention to keep warm and increase clothing appropriately. Personal protection Older people must not be too much trouble to go out without masks, must wear a good and then go out, for the elderly in fact, not very recommended to use n95 masks, because the airtightness is better, long time to wear easy to cause respiratory difficulties, chest tightness, suffocation of the phenomenon, especially some of the older people with respiratory tract diseases. Disinfection items to use the family with elderly families should also pay attention to the general elderly respiratory tract are more fragile, it is recommended that the use of some of the less irritating products to disinfect, it is best to choose alcohol to wipe disinfection can be. Rumors can not be believed Older people are easily deceived, we must be careful not to easily believe that some of the antiviral drugs and food, such as eating onions or garlic can resist the virus and other rumors, the elderly can increase protein through a reasonable diet to enhance resistance and immunity, but there is no study can prove that a certain food can cure the virus. In the face of the epidemic, everyone is susceptible, and the elderly, as a vulnerable group, should pay more attention to ventilation, go out less, wear masks and wash their hands more often!