Safety Net Quizzes help NWT residents determine what safety measures they can use to help prevent COVID-19. Further information about safety measures is provided based on quiz results.

Please note, these are not official evaluations and no information provided is deemed advice from the Office of the NWT Chief Public Health Officer. These quizzes provide ways to get used to thinking about risk and determining your own level of comfort and safety as we get used to living with COVID-19.

The following COVID-19 safety net quiz can help you think about the daily safety measures you can practice every day called healthy habits.

Read the description of each healthy habit and then test your knowledge about why it is a good idea to practice. 

Physical Distancing

Physical distancing means staying at least two metres or six feet apart from other people. This is especially important when there is community spread of COVID-19 where you live, and in enclosed settings where there are many people. Distancing makes it harder for the virus to travel from one person to another.

 This image shows two people who are far apart from each other, which makes it more difficult for COVID-19 to be transmitted from one person to the other.

Masking

Masking is one of the best ways to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. Hundreds of contagious droplets can be generated by just speaking to someone, but nearly all of them are blocked when wearing a mask. When masking is normalized (common practice) in communities, studies show that COVID-19 cases are significantly reduced. Masking is most important in crowded settings where physical distancing is difficult to maintain

This image shows two people who are close to each other and having a conversation. Droplets can spread from person to person while they are talking to each other. 

Cleaning surfaces

Cleaning frequently touched surfaces with a household cleaner that contains soap or detergent adds another layer of safety and should be done often. In most situations, cleaning alone removes most virus particles on surfaces. Disinfection can be used if someone in your home is sick with COVID-19 to make sure germs are destroyed quickly and efficiently. High-touch surfaces that are shared should be cleaned frequently. 

Doorknobs are important to clean because they are high-touch surfaces. Also, they are touched by many different people, especially in public places.

Hand Washing

Washing your hands is important because you are very likely to touch around your face or nose. If COVID-19 germs are on your hands there is a chance you will become exposed to the virus. While water may rinse off dirt, COVID-19 particles are very small and can present even in the tiny lines or folds on our skin or under your nails. Soap or alcohol-based hand sanitizer, and at least 20 seconds of scrubbing is needed to attach to the germs and to remove them.

This images shows how tiny germs can be. Therefore, even if hands feel clean it is importnat to use soap or disinfectant to make sure to remove the germs.

Stay home when sick

It is always important to stay home when you are not feeling well so you do not pass on any contagious respiratory illnesses. Because COVID-19 has a greater potential to lead to severe disease, it is extra important to stay home when unwell to be sure not to spread it to others. It is also important to get tested so if you do have COVID-19, public health is aware and can contact others you may have been in contact with while protecting your privacy.

This image shows how if you are sick it can spread to other people, and if you have COVID-19 how it can lead to further spread within communities.

Self-monitoring

Self-monitoring for symptoms means paying close attention to how you feel. Now that we need to get used to living with COVID-19, it is a good idea for all of us to take notice of how we are feeling instead of carrying on with our day-to-day activities and ignoring symptoms.

Sometimes we don't really pay close attention to how we feel until we are actually sick. By following a checklist we are reminded to take the time to think a bit harder about whether we have symptoms or not.