COVID-19 GUIDELINES: for students of higher education institutions in Malaysia

By Kiyamudeen Fahumudeen, Devi Mohan, Lakshmi Selvaratnam and Quek Kia Fatt

COVID-19 GUIDELINES: For Students of Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia discusses pertinent precautions and invaluable guidance for students on the latest knowledge and skills on COVID-19, whilst safely navigating the ‘new normal’ teaching and learning environments in their higher education institutions. It documents the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on students, curricula, extracurricular pursuits and ambitions. Furthermore, this book will be useful to university educators and administrators by providing clear practical guidelines to manage campuses effectively as we recover and shift to an evolving endemic phase of COVID-19.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: May 9, 2023
• ISBN: 9781543773521

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Acknowledgements:

The author Kiyamudeen Fahumudeen is extremely grateful to co-authors

Associate Professor Dr Quek Kia Fatt, Associate Professor Dr Devi Mohan,

and Associate Professor Dr Lakshmi Selvaratnam for their invaluable and

unfaltering guidance, input, and support in the development of this book.

The author team is grateful to Mr Mah Yong Cheng, and members of the

Occupational Health, Safety & Environment Department and Marketing & Future

Students Department of Monash University Malaysia for their invaluable help in

obtaining information and suggestions for the development of this book.

The author team wish to thank and acknowledge Professor Lori Peek, Director of the Natural

Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder, USA and Principal Investigator of the National

Science Foundation CONVERGE Initiative (Award #1841338), for the initial support of the

CONVERGE COVID-19 Working Group and the contribution to the book publication fee.

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Contents

1.0: Introduction

2.1: Masking

2.2: Hand Hygiene

2.3: Social Distancing

2.4: Face Shields

2.5: Gloves

2.6: Disposable Gowns

2.7: Environment Cleaning

2.8: Maintaining Good Ventilation

3.0: Using Public Transport

4.0: Symptoms of COVID-19 Infection

5.0: Quarantining and Isolating

6.0: Testing for COVID-19

7.0: Vaccination for COVID-19

8.0: Caring for Someone at Home Who Has COVID-19 Infection

9.0: Entering Campus or Placements

10.0: At Campus or Placements

10.1: Using Elevators/Lifts

10.2: Common Areas

10.3: Using Toilets

10.4: Using the Cafeteria

10.5: Using the Library

10.6: Using Labs

10.7: Using Lecture Theatres

10.8: Classes Requiring Group Work, Physical Contact, Close Proximity, and/or Sharing Items

10.9: Activities Involving the Public and/or Based outside Campus

10.10: Sports, Gym, and Recreational Activities

11.0: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Preventing COVID-19 Spread

12.0: Emergency Contacts, Procedures, and Reporting Close Contact or Infection with COVID-19

List of Figures

Figure 1.0.1: The basic structure of a Coronavirus

Figure 1.0.2: Common transmission routes of COVID-19 infection

Figure 1.0.3: The ABCDs of COVID-19 precautions

Figure 2.1.1: Types of masks

Figure 2.1.2: Do not use a valved mask

Figure 2.1.3: Steps to wear a mask

Figure 2.1.4: Steps to remove a used mask

Figure 2.2.1: Steps for handwashing with soap and water (image 3 adapted with permission)

Figure 2.2.2: Steps for hand cleaning with alcohol sanitiser (image 4 adapted with permission)

Figure 2.3.1: Social distancing

Figure 2.3.2: Social distancing at a workstation (a) and in a lift (b)

Figure 2.3.3: Markings on floors to show where you should stand or sit to maintain social distancing

Figure 2.3.4: Markings on chairs to show where you should stand or sit to maintain social distancing

Figure 2.4.1: Face shields should be used in addition to a face mask

Figure 2.5.1: Steps to wear gloves; (images2 adapted with permission)

Figure 2.5.2: Steps to remove worn gloves; (images2 adapted with permission)

Figure 3.0.1: Maintaining social distancing in trains

Figure 3.0.2: Maintaining social distancing in a taxi

Figure 4.0.1: Symptoms of COVID-19 infection.

Figure 4.0.2: Coughing or sneezing into the elbow

Figure 5.0.1: Using a pulse oximeter

Figure 5.0.2: Positions you can attempt when you have difficulty breathing from COVID-19 infection

Figure 6.0.1: An example of a positive COVID-19 test on self-test kit

Figure 10.0.1: Markings on the floor and furniture to show where you should stand or sit to maintain social distancing

Figure 10.0.2: Alcohol hand sanitiser and a sink with soap and water for hand cleaning

Figure 10.1.1: Lift buttons being cleaned, and markings on the lift floor to show where you should stand to maintain social distancing

Figure 10.3.1: Maintaining social distancing at sinks

Figure 10.3.2: Maintaining social distancing between stalls

Figure 10.5.1: Maintaining social distancing at the library

Figure 10.7.1: Maintaining social distancing while queueing

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1.0: Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus identified as SARS-CoV-2 ¹.

The COVID-19 virus has a spherical, enveloped structure as shown in figure 1:

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Figure 1.0.1: The basic structure