with coronavirus spreading its claws in india the concern of sick and the elderly has started to grow people are impulsively buying masks sanitizers handwashes and medicines to protect themselves and their family this situation of mass panic has instilled both fear and anxiety in the minds of all indians such a situation gives a golden chance to scammers and tricksters to capitalize on the situationread alsocoronavirus myths vs factsaccording to the world health organization from the evidence so far the covid19 virus novel coronavirus can be transmitted in all areas including areas with hot and humid weatherwith several fake products and claims of coronavirus cure in the market it is the innocent consumers who often fall prey to these scammershere are a few ways which you must keep in mind to protect yourself from the coronavirus health scams ignore products which claim to prevent coronavirus there has till now been no confirmed prevention medicine or drug available for covid19 neither a homemade remedy nor a drugstore medicine can prevent you from contracting the virus it is recommended to ignore any claims of a preventive medicines and only trust information from verified sources the only method to protect yourself is to practice hand hygiene wash your hands for at least 20 seconds and avoid touching your face nose and eyes be careful of fake sanitizers and handwashes there was a recent case of at least 5000 fake hand sanitizers being seized in gurgaon such incidents lead everyone to question the authenticity of the product they own check the sanitizers and handwashes you purchase and always buy them from a trusted seller try not to stock handwashes as it further leads to shortage of the product for other people do not panic in this situation and take all the preventive measures to avoid contracting covid19 avoid any claim about a cure vaccine there is officially no vaccine available to cure coronavirus in the market it would take at least 1216 months more for a vaccine to get made and come in use if you come across a fake message ad or article regarding a cure for coronavirus then it is the best to ignore such claims covid19 is a curable disease and can be cured by early detection and proper treatment under the supervision of a doctor check for fake n95 and n99 masks as covid19 settled in india there was a surge in the demand for n95 and n99 masks with these masks getting off the shelf in the blink of an eye people started switching towards surgical marks in no time there was a dearth in the availability of masks in all chemist shops this led to a lot of people selling masks at double and even triple the price there were a lot of cases of fake n95 and n99 masks available online which too was a dirty trick to capitalize on the need always buy a mask from a trusted chemist and check it thoroughly for any