section_path: Strategies/Mitigation/Non-pharmaceutical interventions
section_name: Non-pharmaceutical interventions
paragraph_text: Non-pharmaceutical interventions
  
  Non-pharmaceutical interventions that may reduce spread include personal actions such as wearing face masks, self-quarantine, and hand hygiene; community measures aimed at reducing interpersonal contacts such as closing workplaces and schools and cancelling large gatherings; community engagement to encourage acceptance and participation in such interventions; as well as environmental measures such as surface cleaning.