Tips to keep your house safe with COVID-19

During these times of uncertainty, you want your house to be a safe place for you and your loved ones.

The possibility that touching someone with contamination can get the corona virus and then touching one's own mouth, nose, or eyes is still not ruled out and so a hand washing method is necessary.It is proven by the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The 2019 novel corona virus can live on plastic and stainless steel surfaces for two to three days. Therefore, avoid using plastic covers or vessels and buying any new containers in this time frame.

How long the virus survives on the surface depends on how it got there. Just touching one surface does not cause too much transfer, but coughing can cause droplets.

COVID-19 virus can survive for many hours on surfaces, but simple disinfectants can kill it.

To protect yourself and your family members, please include the following: 

• Wash your hands regularly with soap and water. 
• Use sanitizer in a scenario where you are away from the water or traveling outside.
•  Eat diet that increases immunity.
•  Try to use disposable cloth or paper towels as much as possible.
•  Use your elbow or knuckles to push the doors

To protect your house from COVID-19, follow the steps below:

• If a surface is visually dirty, first clean it with soap and water, and then use a disinfectant.
• Wear disposable gloves when cleaning and disinfecting surfaces. The gloves should be discarded after each cleaning.
• Make sure you have good ventilation in the area where you are cleaning.
• Follow the instructions on the label of the cleaning product, and check to make sure it is not finished. 
• Cleaning your house from top to bottom with a disinfectant will ensure that the corona virus is touched by you and will not live on anything affecting family, visitors, or housewives.
• Use a diluted household bleach solution, or alcohol-based solution, with at least 70% alcohol.
• Use EPA-registered disinfectants to kill germs on surfaces. 
• Disinfectant surfaces like regular doorknobs, tables, and handrails.

Your hands are most likely to come into contact with germ surfaces and then touch your face, which is a possible route of transmission of the virus.

So, follow the precautionary measures given below for safe and hygiene: 

• Clean hands at regular intervals.
• Clean and germinate frequently touched objects and surfaces. 
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue into the litter. 
• Create habits and reminders to avoid touching their faces.
•  Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning.
•  Change and wash your clothes regularly, especially if you are back house from the grocery store or are still reporting to work every day

Methods of washing hands: 

•  Wet hands with safe running water.
•  Apply enough soap to cover wet hand.
•  Rub all surfaces of hands - including back of hands, between fingers and under fingernails for at least 20 seconds.
•  Rinse thoroughly with running water.
•  Available as dry hands with a clean, dry cloth, single use towel or hand drier.

Additional time for hand washing includes: 

• After coughing or sneezing.
•  After using the restroom.
•  Whenever your hands are dirty.
•  Before dinner.
•  After touching animals or pets.
•  Before and after providing regular care for another person who needs the assistance of a child or elderly person.

Living with family members in a restrained place for long periods of time and blitzing regularly with information about the epidemic can lead to boredom, anxiety, anxiety, and nervousness. It can also give rise to feelings of depression and fear, and can induce physical changes such as chest congestion and insomnia. These are all normal reactions in stressful situations.

Family members should be the necessary source to help all family members feel safe, positive and maintain a healthy mind.

This is the best chance to spend enough time with your family. To keep your boredom away, you can practice below:

• Talk on the phone or make a video call with family and friends. 
• Use other messaging apps to text or talk with family and friends.
•  Play online games that allow them to play with other kids at house.
•  Puzzle or Lego. Keep them clean and separate from other toys in the house.

If you or your family members encounter any emergency warning signs for COVID-19, get medical attention immediately:

• Shortness of breath or shortness of breath. 
• Continuous chest pain or pressure.
•  New fallacy.
•  Blue lips or face

Try to do all your bank transactions, mobile recharge, bill payment and other necessary things online to avoid exposure.

As soon as you touch people, surfaces and objects throughout the day, you accumulate germs on your hands. You can infect yourself with these germs by touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

Consider ways to bring medicines and food to your house through family, social, or commercial networks.

When going out of the house and returning house again, please be sure to follow the points below:

• Use of masks is mandatory.
•  Follow the concept of social discrimination in the queue.
•  Avoid touching surfaces and objects in the supermarket.

Once you return from the supermarket or shops with the necessary items, make sure that you wash your hands and feet before entering the house. Keep aside the items and grocery you have brought and keep it in a place where there is maximum sunlight for a few hours, as there will be a possibility of exposing the virus.

To live a healthy and safe life, be sure to follow all these instructions and cleaning precautions even after the COVID-19 quarantine period.

How to disinfect furniture during the outbreak of COVID-19

According to the latest studies corona virus can remain on metal surfaces such as door handles and wood for 4 days to 5 days. Although experts are of the opinion that it does not call for nervousness, proper cleaning is required to remove various types of germs.

Proper use of thorough hand washing, masks and hand sanitizers ensures personal safety. However, if you are wondering what you can do to keep your home furniture free from viruses, here are some tips that may help.

Start with vacuum-cleaning upholstered surfaces. Do not take the cushions out of your cover as they may shrink in the wash and do not sit on the pillow. To disinfect them, use a spray-on, homemade disinfectant that includes a 60 to 90 percent rub - isopropyl - 2-to-1 ratio from alcohol to water. You can also add 7 grams of bleaching powder to 1 liter of water to make it an effective disinfectant. Spray your disinfectant solution on all surfaces of your mattress, including the top, bottom and sides.

Hold the bottle 6 to 8 inches from the furniture, spray it until it is covered with a light mist. For metal surfaces such as door handles, security locks, keys, etc. 70% alcohol can be used to wipe surfaces where the use of bleach is not appropriate. Do not wipe the disinfectant solution from the surface, let it dry by itself

Wipe the tabletop, end table, wooden arms and other hard surfaces of your furniture with a cloth to soak them in your homemade disinfected clothes. The surface should remain wet for at least 1 minute to disinfect the piece completely. Trick should be done once or twice a day to remove germs, but if someone is ill in your house, you may want to wipe the surfaces frequently.

Furniture with multiple coats of finish can be damaged by repeated use of harsh detergents or alcohol-based disinfectants. Therefore make sure that you will not back down from disinfecting such sensitive surfaces.

No studies have proven that sunlight can kill corona virus, however, sunshine and clean air are miracles of work, and ultraviolet rays kill a lot of other bacteria and germs. Keep your movable furniture in the sun for a few hours to make them feel fresh and get rid of any odor. Make sure that you do not keep the wooden furniture in the sun for a long time to avoid any fading or discouragement.

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How Real Estate Affected by COVID-19

COVID-19 affects real estate in the market 

The corona virus scare is infecting people worldwide and affecting the real estate market, as it is spreading rapidly at lightning speed. According to the economist the rate of the economy will decrease as most people have reduced or reduced their income to overcome the current global disease.

Due to the global disease affecting the world, many people are trying to keep away the social disturbances and save their belongings and savings which can come to the rescue in the event of being affected. As per the security measures, the government has implemented mandatory lock-downs, which has led to a slowdown in the economy and a huge gap in the exchange of funds.

Impact on Real Estate: The current situation will affect the economy as it will have serious long-term consequences that can last for months, years or decades and have targeted the market and economy. Currently the real estate is still stalled due to the lockdown as sales and marketing efforts have been halted, with no interaction between buyer and seller. Both customers are thinking twice before trying to exchange money. Even if a buyer does not decide to buy the property or a seller is not selling his property or the investor decides not to invest the money of the property thinking what will happen next in the market, it will hurt the economy. And real estate will decline. As people fear what will happen next due to global illness, there will be less demand from buyers, this will freeze finances and this will have a huge impact in the real estate industry. Construction of projects has been delayed due to travel restrictions. Precautionary measures have also led to a decrease in construction activities.

Real estate mainly relies on project listings, as listings bring in sellers and buyers, it will make money, as long as listings occur, there will be buyers who can put themselves at risk for investment. Since no new inventory is being created on new projects due to the lockdown, there is less advertising on the assets being exposed in the market. Due to the impact of Corona, the global economy has declined and has already impacted the market and businesses in the country which have affected the decline in property prices. The demand for housing is going to be affected as people are trying to save their cash due to salary cuts and may face it if the situation deteriorates, as hiring in the area has been completely halted.

Predictions

According to the survey published by Economic Times, India Bar, on 2 April 2020, there is a huge impact on Indian real estate as it stands still due to the nationwide lock down. Housing sales have been reduced by 25 to 35% and office locations by 13 to 30%. In 2019 residential sales in the top 7 cities (Delhi-NCR, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad) are about 2.61 lakh units, which can fall from 1.70 lakh to 1.96 lakh units. Similarly, new launches can see a 25 to 30% drop according to ANAROCK Property Consultant. About 4.66 lakh units in the top 7 cities were earlier scheduled for completion in 2020, there may be a risk of delay. The nationwide lockdown has completely halted construction activity, project delays and may last several months until the epidemic arrives and this will cause demand to fall in supply.

Talking about non-residential areas, corporate businessmen are delaying their leasing decisions as many multinationals and businesses are testing the Work from Home option, which, if proven successful, will allow it to be leased in the future.

One positive thing to note is that this is the best time for investors who want to invest in real estate during lock down as it will be a passive income with low investment and high returns, attractive prices for them, Affects sellers financially. Sell ​​your property, good financing options as home loan rates are reduced and use your time in search of better properties.

To conclude how long the corona virus will last, no one knows, if it goes away in two months things may not fully recover or return to normalcy. The spread of the corona virus depends on the weather and how long it lasts, the flu season and it does not like the warm climate that disappears. As it has become a major epidemic and is spreading soon. In the end how long the corona virus will affect the market or economy depends on us and how we are ready to fight against it.

Noida developers present housing society as quarantine facility

Two NCR-based developers have offered the Noida administration a deported housing society that can be used as a temporary quarantine facility.

Under the Uttar Pradesh chapter of the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO-UP), realty developers Supertech and Antriksh Group have offered 500-bed facilities at two locations in Noida. Noida has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in UP.

In this regard, NAREDCO UP has sent a letter to the district administration. While Supertech has offered 400 bed space, Antriksh Group has offered 100 bed space for quarantine. In addition Supertech has dedicated a special tower for quarantine if necessary.

“Naredco UP has offered 500 bed spaces to the district administration to fight coronovirus. As the number of positive cases of COVID in the region is increasing, it is our duty to provide a place for quarantine to the district administration,”said RK Arora, president of Naredco UP and chairman of Supertech.

Supertech has offered 400 bed space in the upcountry project (Yamuna Expressway) and has reserved a tower for this reason. Other members Antriksh Group have offered 100 bed space in the Antriksh Golf view project.

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Impact of Corona virus Outbreak on Indian Real Estate

Corona virus outbreaks in Wuhan, China and the recent discovery in Delhi NCR have severely affected business sentiment.

The World Health Organization(WHO) declaring it a global health emergency, business sentiment has been severely affected. The outbreak has created uncertainty about trade and imports not only in China but worldwide. The real estate industry was not spared either. Traders are wary of going to mainland China and production is expected to decline in the coming months. This will have a direct impact on the prices of steel and other articles used in the construction industry in India.

Let us discuss in detail the potential impact of corona virus on Indian real estate and allied industries.

Why will the Indian real estate sector be affected?

India imports heavily from China the articles used in construction activities. Some of these are –

•     Iron and Steel Products
•     Technical construction equipment
•     Electrical equipment
•     Plastic and fiber elements
•     Solar panels

Although India is the second largest producer, it is severely lagged in terms of production capacity, which stands at 106 million tonnes. This heavy reliance on China for steel and steel products is a cause for concern for the industry. With production down in China, prices in allied industries are bound to rise, leading to increased costs and lowering the profit margins of real estate developers in India. The slowdown in the construction industry in China will result in downward pressure on global metal prices.

According to a recent CBRE report, in 2019 there were more than 300 Fortune 500 companies operating in Wuhan, China. Its outbreak will force companies to offer more flexible work practices such as 'work from home' and not co-working spaces. Businesses can delay real estate decisions and restrict new launches. However, the report suggests that mainland China will be more affected by the outbreak, and neighboring countries may only see an inter-dip in business activities.

An Opportunity?

From the Indian business point of view, the outbreak of corona virus may be an opportunity for Indian businesses to increase production capacity and speed up the "Make in India" campaign. The Government of India is encouraging steel companies to increase production capacity and gain larger market share. In the present scenario, the Ministry of Steel, Government of India is preparing a strategy paper for 10 million tonnes of special steel production at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore with 50,000 employment prospects.

In addition, solar panel manufacturing companies can also benefit from reduced supply and bring down long-term costs by increasing production.

In the same spirit, Pankaj Kumar Jain, Managing Director, KW Group, says, "The impact of the corona virus outbreak on the Indian real estate industry will be indirect. Although China is directly affected, supply-side constraints provide an opportunity to explore other avenues for raw material procurement.The industry is already facing global economic slowdown and sluggish demand. Although its outbreak is still not a threat in the Indian scenario, the government should take stringent steps to prevent the spread of infection, so that business sentiment is not further affected. "

In particular, with the recent report of Corona virus reaching Delhi NCR and Noida, the real estate industry needs to curse itself for even worse effects than before. However, the world has faced similar outbreaks like SARS virus, bird flu etc. in the past and has successfully recovered.

Every disaster is an opportunity to scale new heights. Indian real estate and allied manufacturing industries should explore positivity in the landscape and benefit by increasing production and indigenous innovation. The government will do well to prevent further spread of the virus and handle the industry in times of crisis.