Question

You are the Marketing and Communications Officer at a local healthcare facility. It is a rural town; your hospital is the only acute care facility within a 50 mile radius. Many of your patients and their family members who visit your facility refuse to wear a mask or maintain social distance. Furthermore, most people in your town believe that COVID-19 is a hoax. The virus is spreading fast. You have already treated more than 100 patients with the virus and 3 of them have died. The city mayor has reached out to you for help in containing the virus.

1. Write a press release for the local newspaper that would contain information about the pandemic, as well as encourage people to wear a mask and maintain social distance.

Answer 1

Below is the press release:

COVID-19 pandemic is the most dangerous and fast spreading pandemic across the world and is easily contracted by any person who is in contact with the affected person. It is very important to first of all protect yourself from contracting this pandemic by staying indoors as far as possible and not venture out of your homes. In case of extreme urgency, when it is is required to step out, please wear protective masks always and also safety gloves since it can spread even after touching contaminated surfaces or breathing in impure air. Also it is recommended to maintain social distancing always and sanitize yourself properly at regular intervals to check the disease. Also you must immediately report yourself in the nearby hospital in case you are feeling feverish and get yourself tested since if you don't do that, there are higher chances of spreading the disease to your family members as well. A person must be kept in isolation ward unless he or she is completely cured out of the disease. Hence I request you to observe all possible precautions to limit it's spread and protect yourself from the disease and keep yourself, your family members and other citizens safe during this time.