COVID-19 for immunocompromised people

I would like to write about our life during the coronavirus pandemic. Since we are aware of the spread of the virus, we let Aritya to stay at home. The coronavirus is highly contagious and especially dangerous to the vulnerable group; the aged, people with underlying health conditions and the immunocompromised. Since I am immunocompromised,  I worried about my health. My work at the university involved teaching, training people on instrument and managing the laboratory to accommodate researchers to access some specialized instrument. Fortunately, face-to face teaching was ceased at the University, but my job still required me to be at the laboratory to help researchers. Feeling quite dilemma, I discussed about my health condition with my immediate boss and gave her some conditions for my work. She was very understanding and helped me as much as she can to let me keep my job. In the beginning of April, I stayed at home. But later, the University faced financial difficulties and suggested salary sacrifice to its employees. My days of work were already reduced and I started going to work two days in a week. The laboratory is usually empty and I keep distance from users and stayed in my office. My boss, also prepared some barrier, so that users do not barge in the laboratory. We were also provided remote access to the software of our instruments and we could control them from home or office. But, we need to be present in the laboratory to set up the configurations of microscope and some instrument. I wash my hands frequently and always wear mask. Once we are home, we always shower and put our clothes for wash. We limited our grocery purchases to twice a month and Satya only goes to the supermarket at late night. I use alcohol wipes to wipe each grocery and even wash the bags and dry them in the sun. We prepared ourselves with standby oxygen concentrator and also invested in a good full face N95 mask. Luckily, the number of infections in Australia is well controlled and the NSW government has only eased the restriction movement. Now, I take Aritya for a stroll at a nearby park and even around the house. We hope that until vaccination is found, we will be very cautious to protect myself from the virus