What do you have in YOUR ‘sanitisation station’? Mums share the items they have set-up at the front door to ensure the house is clean and germ-free
- Australians are sharing photos of their ‘sanitation’ stations on social media
- A Victorian mother who is in a lockdown area has started a thread of images
- She has a ‘kit’ filled with masks, disposable gloves, hand sanitiser and Glen 20
- Others have a temperature gun included in their own hampers by the front door
- It is compulsory for everyone in Melbourne to be wearing a mask by Thursday
Australian families are setting up ‘sanitation’ stations at their front doors to ensure they are preventing the spread of COVID-19, particularly in Melbourne and Sydney hotspots.
A mother from Melbourne shared the ‘kit’ she keeps in her hallway cupboard to keep her family safe – complete with masks, Glen 20, hand sanitiser and gloves.
It comes after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that people in metropolitan Melbourne or the Mitchell Shire will have to wear a mask covering their nose and mouth every time they leave the house from 11.59pm on Wednesday.
‘My kit makes it easy to grab a mask and gloves, or sanitise before anyone touches anything,’ the woman said. ‘I thought it might be handy to share.’
A mother who lives in the country’s most affected state has taken to Facebook to share the ‘kit’ she keeps in her hallway cupboard to keep her family safe (pictured)
How to make your own face mask
What you need
Two 19.5cm x 19cm pieces of tightly woven cotton
1/2 metre of thick elastic
Needle and thread
Method
1. Cut two pieces of elastic each measuring 18cm long. On the outside, pin ends of the elastic to one section of cotton.
2. Pin cotton face cover section together. Stitch outer edges in a 6mm seam, leaving an opening.
3. Turn face cover right side out, then sew the opening. Stitch close to finished edges.
4. To make pleats on the outside fold along solid lines through all thicknesses.
5. Bring folds to broken lines and baste (temporary stitch) 1.3cm from finished edges.
6. On the outside, stitch along the basting. Stitch again about 3mm way from first stitching.
An instructional graphic shows seamstresses how to stitch face masks at home
Source: Spotlight
The kit is used to spray shoes and bags by the door and includes an empty ‘unwanted’ basket for gloves and masks to be disposed of.
She also recommended removing outer layers of clothing and your shoes before walking in the door to prevent germs being spread throughout the home.
‘I’ll be sewing reusable masks tomorrow but they will need to washed and so disposables will still be required,’ she said.
Other parents have done the same, with another mother posting about her Dettol hand soap, masks and temperature gun sitting on a counter at the front door.
‘Yep I’ve got my station too. I’ve had it since day one though, minus the masks,’ said another woman
Other parents have done the same, with another mother posting about her Dettol hand soap, masks and temperature gun sitting on a counter at the front door
‘Yep I’ve got my station too. I’ve had it since day one though, minus the masks,’ said another woman.
A third added: ‘We do this too and also place an empty box next to the front door, to drop our phone, wallet and keys in, to sterilise them before they touch other house items’.
Health experts are still encouraging Australians to wash their hands for 20 seconds regularly, apply hand sanitiser when they’re outside and keep a 1.5 metre distance between themselves and others.
On Wednesday Victoria recorded 484 cases of coronavirus, its worst total since the illness hit Australian shores.
New South Wales recorded 16 new cases as the state’s outbreak continues to grow. But all the recent cases of community transmission in the state have been traced back to Victoria.
Queensland recorded one new case on Wednesday, a member of the ADF who is in quarantine.