Different parts of the world are feeling the effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus or COVID-19. But what remains true for everyone—and what will probably remain true for a long period of time—is how everyone needs to prepare in order to prevent the spread of this disease. Specifically, everyone has the responsibility of preventing COVID-19 from spreading, as dire as that may sound.

One of the ways to do this is by cleaning your establishment or workplace. Part of the coronavirus family of viruses, COVID-19 circulates in humans similar to the common flu. However, studies show that it is more infectious than the flu; some studies even suggest that it is more infectious than the late 1919 Spanish flu.

However, one can prevent being infected by the virus by doing cleaning and hygiene precautions. The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention recommends washing one’s hands for 20 seconds and refraining from touching one’s face.

The necessity of routine cleaning

Besides proper hygiene, proper cleaning is also important to protect your workplace from the coronavirus health scare—which is why it is important to get commercial cleaning services London to properly disinfect your place of work. The virus can last on surfaces, the duration of which depends on what kind of surface it contaminates. So if a person ends up touching or holding a surface in your workplace that’s contaminated by the virus, he may end up catching the disease.

contract cleaning London will ensure that every nook and cranny of your workplace—especially those that are frequently touched—will be cleaned and disinfected, from tables and workstations to elevator buttons and doorknobs.

Proper cleaning agents

You might be tempted to clean your workplace yourself instead of getting commercial cleaning services London. But this is not exactly wise. Professional cleaning services will be more than able to efficiently clean your workplace to rid it of the coronavirus.

Cleaning your workplace—especially for the purpose of eliminating the coronavirus threat—is a task that’s more complicated than the usual cleaning practices. Contract cleaning London, for instance, would clean all surfaces in the workplace before disinfection. This means the work to be done will be twice as much as normal. Contract cleaning services would also know which items and equipment to use for disinfecting and what areas to focus on—areas that you may not remember or you may not notice if you clean your workplace yourself. Professional services would also know to throw out any items used to disinfect your workplace.

But more than anything, getting commercial cleaning services London would mean you would not expose yourself to the virus that could be lurking in your workplace. As professionals, the cleaning services will have the proper gear to protect themselves from the coronavirus while cleaning your workplace and any other establishment.

By cleaning your workplace—and having it cleaned professionally—you are doing your part in keeping your workplace safe from the coronavirus health scare and from potentially spreading it in your community.