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How Touching Your Face Is Helping Spread Coronavirus

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Our eyes, nose and mouth are a key entry point for bacteria and viruses to enter our bodies. So why do we habitually touch our faces and what can we do to stop it?

Another study, conducted in 2012, watched a sample of random people, unaware they were being observed, in public places in Florianopolis, Brazil, and on a subway in Washington DC. They discovered that these people were touching surfaces and touched their nose or mouth more than three times an hour.

Although face masks are not a sure-fire protection against contracting coronavirus, some health experts are encouraging the public to wear them to minimize surface to face contact.

Stephen Griffin a virologist at the University of Leeds, UK. Advises “Wearing a mask can reduce the propensity for people to touch their faces, which is a major source of infection without proper hand hygiene,”

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