How can I stay safe while touring apartments?

You should approach touring an apartment the same way you would treat any other interaction or outing. Try to stay at least 6 feet away from the agent, don’t touch your face and wash your hands before and after your tour. The CDC provides comprehensive guidance on personal coronavirus prevention.

Is it safe to hire movers?

In general, it is still safe to hire movers. The variety of local and statewide orders may affect this, however. Contact your moving company directly with questions about their current operating hours and status. If you are using movers, we recommend you stay in communication with your moving company to ensure both parties are on the same page with regard to safety precautions. You will probably want to know what safety precautions they are taking with the current pandemic. They will probably want to make sure everyone in your household is healthy. Both parties should make sure to stay at a safe distance on moving day.

Coronavirus in Your Apartment Community: How to Stay Safe

Coronavirus (COVID-19) hygiene and preparation is critical to protect yourself and your family CDC(https://www.cdc.gov/) has issued a number of guidelines and instructions on how to maximize your prevention and minimize your exposure.
Apartment dwellers face most of the same issues as the rest of the population, but also have matters unique to living in multi-family properties

Preventing coronavirus in your apartment

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has offered a number of reference articles and official statements on how to best protect yourself and your family.
But for apartment dwellers, those with common spaces, mailbox clusters, lobbies, trash chutes, and a plethora of door handles, keeping safe and practicing prevention habits is a bit more difficult. From your own personal hygiene to how to manage your apartment to what to expect from your landlord, here are all the tips, suggestions, and instructions straight from the CDC just for renters and apartment tenants.

Preventing coronavirus in your apartment

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has offered a number of reference articles and official statements on how to best protect yourself and your family.
But for apartment dwellers, those with common spaces, mailbox clusters, lobbies, trash chutes, and a plethora of door handles, keeping safe and practicing prevention habits is a bit more difficult. From your own personal hygiene to how to manage your apartment to what to expect from your landlord, here are all the tips, suggestions, and instructions straight from the CDC just for renters and apartment tenants.

    • Wash your hands often

Wash your hands after you touch another person or a common surface. Wash your hands before and after you touch or prepare food. Wash your hands after using the restroom. Wash your hands after you cough, sneeze or blow your nose. Wash your hands when you get home from being out.

    • Avoid close contact with people who are sick

This seems obvious. But since you never know who is sick, minimize contact in general, as well. Spread out on the bus or subway or in line. Touch elbows instead of shaking hands or fist-bumping, or politely decline to touch at all. Try to avoid touching common surfaces others touch in public places and in your apartment building or common areas as best you can. Don’t share food or drinks.

    • Avoid touching your face

No matter how hard you try, you’re going to touch unsanitary surfaces or people. To prevent infecting yourself, do your best to refrain from touching your eyes, nose or mouth, as these are the main entry points for disease.

    • Cover your mouth

If you must cough or sneeze, cover your mouth with a tissue, then throw the tissue into a trash can that has a closed cover. The same goes for blowing your nose. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve like you’re doing “The Dab,” not into your hands.

    • Wear a face mask

The CDC is now encouraging people to wear face masks when they go into public areas. Since everyone is home right now, you should treat all common spaces in your apartment complex as a public place. If you can’t find a face mask, consider Dying a no-sew face mask with items you might already have in your apartment.

    • Clean and disinfect

Keep your apartment neat, clean and organized to maintain a healthy environment. Clean regularly and sanitize often using items like Lysol spray and Clorox wipes on “high touch” surfaces including countertops, tabletops, doorknobs, nightstands, bathroom fixtures, toilets, refrigerator handles, kitchen faucets, light switches, TV remotes, cell phones, computer keyboards, and tablets.

    • Stock up but don’t hoard

While unlikely, it’s possible you may wind up quarantined in your apartment, or even just sick and self-quarantining. For that scenario, which shouldn’t last longer than two weeks, you should stock up (but not hoard) a few basic items:
Non-perishable items like canned meat, fish, beans, soups, broths and stews, fruits and vegetables, and canned or powdered milk
Ready to serve items like peanut butter, jelly, crackers, nuts, trail mix, dried fruits, and granola bars
Baby food and pet food
Bottled water, fruit juices, and fluids like Pedialyte or Gatorade
Toothpaste, toilet paper, tissues, feminine supplies, diapers, laundry detergent, and disinfectant
Hand sanitizer that’s minimum 60 percent alcohol, over-the-counter cold, and flu medicines, and any refills of prescriptions.