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.