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@Kelly149 and others, in the guidance they are giving us is a reference to a former USA Surgeon, Vivek M. He used to be an advisor for Obama.
Look him up like I did.
It's possibly unlikely at a guess that he's ever done cleaning.
It's a standard guideline that's been given out regardless of what Infectious disease it may be.
In Govt Public Health Acts legislation there's always been reference to disinfection of bedding and other items when a person has an Infectious disease, hence as I've said previously, read your local Public Health Act and associated acts.
I recall when a family member had leptospirosis ( a contagious infectious disease) when we were kids that nothing different was done.
It was standard cleaning with disinfectant which we were always fastidious with.
We were not allowed to enter the bedroom they were recuperating in until after they recovered.
That's commonsense so as to not get unwell.
Count our blessings bc back in early 1900's and prior one wasn't allowed to let or rent out a room or property for 6 weeks if someone with an infectious disease either stayed, lived with or died in one's home
Whilst it's more challenging, and an unknown who may have any virus or disease take comfort those who travel via sailing vessels or aircraft have always had to sign declarations if they have any notifiable disease.
That should be picked up & recorded at the border BEFORE departures.
I'm not sure how that works with boat people/ illegal migrants.
Bear in mind that both Tuberculosis and Ebola are the 2 infectious diseases referenced in International Scientific research papers in Govt Corinavirus/ Covid19 documents used across the world as to how Covid19 would also spread.
Ref - Govt UK website.
If one has those 2 diseases under control, or not at all in their location, or where one's guest is from one should be reasonably safe to carry on as normal.
I don't recall when we last had reported cases of Tuberculosis in NZ as recent records are not available and I've never known us to have had any cases of Ebola which would be picked up at our borders.
Both diseases that are required by law to be reported to Health Authorities.