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Appeal to use phrase "physical distancing" instead of "social distancing" for #COVID19 messaging

We Nada India volunteers ,members of National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI),Young India Network Good Health appeal to authorities, public health professionals and public in general to bring a change in use of phrases “Physical distance” in place of “Social distancing”, ......
The World Health Organization (WHO) has started using the phrase "physical distancing" instead of "social distancing" as a way to prevent the spread of the novel 

 coronavirus from people to people. I think it was over due, Young India Network for Good Health  welcomes this move as a step towards to bring back social wellbeing of People Living with COVID19 and their families suffering from social isolation.
We underline the importance of a physical distance as  "absolutely essential" to respond to global pandemic "it does not mean that socially we have to disconnect from the people who are significant and part of day to day life.

Since coronavirus is spread mainly through respiratory droplets, especially when people cough or sneeze, maintaining a safe physical distance is recommended to decrease transmission.
The WHO recommends being more than one metre (three feet) away from the nearest person, while some health experts have suggested maintaining a distance of at least two metres from others.
We Nada India volunteers and members of National Association of Professional Social Workers in India,Young India Network Good Health appeal to authorities, public health professionals and public in general to bring a change in use of phrases “Physical distance” in place of “Social distancing”, while issuing pubic notices, instructions, #tags, appeals to maintain physical distance as prescribed by WHO and enhance the quality of social bonding and social wellbeing  by connecting with people living with COVID19 and empower them with their rights as patients and caregivers provided in the Charter of Patients’ Rights for adoption by NHRC.
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