State the various ways of preventing the occurrence and spreading of communicable diseases.

There are various ways of preventing the occurrence and spreading of communicable diseases. These are as follows:

● Maintain personal hygiene and good sanitary habits.


● Drink boiled drinking water.


● Spray insecticides and control breeding of mosquitoes by not allowing water to collect in the surroundings.


● Keep the infected person separated from others & advice him/ her to keep a handkerchief on the nose and mouth while sneezing.


● Timely vaccination against diseases should also be taken.


● Food must be kept covered.


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