Simple soap and water can kill the virus if you use it often enough, experts say.
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceThe University of Westminster's Dr Adele McCormick demonstrates how to wash your hands well in 20 seconds
Washing your hands at least six to times a day makes catching infections such as coronavirus much less likely, a study by UK researchers suggests. It looked at data, from 2006-09, on viruses structurally very similar to the deadly pandemic strain circulating now.And all of them, including the pandemic one, can be killed by soap and water.Each winter the Medical Research Council asks people in England whether they have flu-like respiratory symptoms and tests those who do for common cold coronavirus infections.
And the study, published in Wellcome Open Research and awaiting peer review, found the 1,663 participants were much less likely to be infected if they washed their hands at least six times a day.RISK AT WORK:
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