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this is really one of the key things
isn't it what can we do how can we
minimize the chance of catching
coronavirus well the BBC is Michelle
Roberts and Laura Foster have some ideas
for us number one wash your hands more
the more you wash your hands the less
likely you are to spread the virus to
other people so if you've been out in a
public place on a bus or a train wash
your hands as soon as you can afterwards
and when you're done turn the tap off
using a tissue and put it in the bin
antibacterial gels do work but soap and
water is best number two avoid touching
your eyes nose and mouth because that's
the way the virus could get into your
body you can still touch your face but
only if you've washed your hands before
number three catching your coughs and
sneezes experts think corona virus is
spread by droplets that come out of your
nose and mouth so when you sneeze or
cough catch them with disposable tissues
then bin it and wash your hands
disposable tissues are better than
handkerchief so that you carry around
with you all the time if you don't have
a tissue
sneeze or cough into the crook of your
elbow don't touch things with your hands
if you don't have to the less you touch
things like surfaces handrails lift
buttons and less likely you are to catch
the virus or indeed spread it on all
because it is so important it was a bit
quick there I thought we're going to
show you how to wash your hands properly
chulip you're gonna time us time is of
the essence Jake take it away no roll my
sleeves up so that I can make sure that
I get all of my hands and my wrists I'm
going to demonstrate with some alcohol
gel but the principles are the same so
what we're trying to do is cover as much
of our hands and wrists as possible
whether it's soap and water or whether
it's alcohol gel so I'm going to put a
good amount on and I'm going to start I
did overdo every pumps different so I'm
gonna rub it over and then back of my
hands so my fingers are together and
then the other side and then like this
fingers together and then like this so
I'm trying to cover all of my fingers
underneath jewelry and things as well
yeah
and then people forget their thumb stick
out yeah so good go on your thumbs and
then fingertips we're still going to
look you've just passed 20 seconds there
sorry it's because I'm talking and then
don't forget your wrists finally so it's
20 seconds the time because that felt
like a long time you can take as long as
you want but at minimum 20 seconds to
get good coverage so Jake I've touched
so many surfaces today when from leaving
home to being here how often should I be
washing my hands
so as often as you can really within
reason and certainly if you've touched
lots of surfaces so if you've been out
and about it's good to have some alcohol
gel with you if you have but good old
soap and water is good enough certainly
before eating and if you think you need
to touch your face try and wash your
hands before you touch your face
I mean shops are selling out of this
what should we be looking for if we see
it what kind of percentages of alcohol
should be in our sanitizer different
types of hand sanitizer most contain
alcohol you're looking for a minimum of
60% most will contain 70% alcohol or
higher okay let's take another question
and this one comes from Claire and
Singapore she has a toddler and she says
I see a lot of people wearing masks and
using sanitizer how effective are these
and stopping the spread of the virus and
how at-risk are our children so we have
a mask here Jake any good so this is
what we call a surgical mask it's quite
a simple mass mass are really important
for healthcare workers but if you're a
member of the general public the
evidence isn't great to show that
they're going to protect you and that's
because when we use them if we work in a
hospital we use them for a short period
of time we're trained in their use and
we get rid of them in a safe way if you
just have one of these on all day you're
probably trying to eat and drink wearing
it I've seen people with it worn like
that which is ineffective then people
will take it off have something to eat
they've contaminated the outside if
they've got virus on their hands then
they're putting it back on their face
and potentially exposing themselves just
to be clear your advices we don't need a
mask so our advice in England
is that we don't recommend people wear
masks to prevent getting infection
sometimes we ask people who've got
symptoms to put them on because they
will stop some cough drop lips coming
out and to look to our question from
Claire and Singapore what about children
so there is still a lot of research
going on in this area and in fact many
areas around coronavirus but it does
seem from some early studies a study
that involved around 44,000 people who
got the corona virus in China that the
risk to children does seem to be a
little bit lower about 1% of children
and young people so under 20s were
infected with this corona virus so it's
a similar things for them of course you
need to make sure that they're washing
their hands regularly that they're you
know staying clean and they're not
touching lots of surfaces difficult with
kids but just make sure you know and
it's not just the hand sanitizer use
soap and water I mean you know and row
row your boat row row your boat yes a
good ear worm okay that's how you know
the twenty seconds because it's
obviously hard to figure that out when
you absolutely okay thanks both well
there is a lot of damaging
misinformation out there we've all seen
it it's contributing to the panic this
it's a fear that we have so let's join
Roz now on where you should be getting
your information from Roz Lucy thank you
very much indeed now ever since this new
corona virus was identified in December
we've been dealing what's with what's
being called a new viral threat not the
virus itself but misinformation by which
I mean reports and advice that are
either incorrect misleading or
completely false for example one theory
that just won't go away is that this
virus came from a Chinese lab here's the
Washington Times in January reporting
that Kovach 19 could be connected to a
Chinese bio warfare program or there's
this in February from the New York Post
an opinion piece under the headline
don't buy China's story the corona virus
may have leaked from a lab but there is
no evidence to back this up however as
with a lot of misinformation there are
some grains of truth in there this
outbreak did originate in Wuhan in China
and in that city you'll find the Wuhan
Institute for virology which is a
high-security bio lab but and this is a
very big but here's the medical journal
The Lancet documenting how scientists
have analyzed this virus and they've all
concluded it came from wildlife and
wasn't and
in a lab and so if my love is the
suspected source there's been a huge
amount of attention on this live animal
and seafood market also in Wuhan because
one theory is that the virus originated
in bats that were being sold there and
it's true that is one possible
explanation this though will not help
you understand that it's a video of a
woman eating bat soup that went very
viral in the last couple of months with
many people blaming this kind of dish
for the virus except as this article in
the South China Morning Post notes that
videos three years old and it's not from
Wuhan
now this article from the Center for
Disease Control helps us on this issue
it outlines how this disease could
spread from animals to humans that can
happen via direct or indirect contact or
via pests water or food so soup may have
been involved but not the one in this
video and quite possibly not at all next
there's the issue of advice bad advice
for example here's a Facebook group
telling us if you eat a bowl of boiled
garlic that could cure the virus it
can't you'll be well aware of lots of
people buying these surgical face masks
doctors are telling us they aren't going
to help you to avoid the virus and these
are just some of hundreds of examples I
should say there is good advice out
there you could look at the website for
the Center for Disease Control also
check out the WH OHS myth-busting page
and of course there's the BBC News
website with an awful lot of verified
information about what's happening and
what to do but there's no doubt Lucy
that as the w-h-o director says we're
not just fighting an epidemic we're
fighting an info Demick rose thank you
so much Jake and she'll appear very
happy to see some of those myths being
busted as well but I think one of the
things many of us are tackling every day
Jake is whether we should be changing
our daily lives and what we do I mean
should we be going to the movies taking
our kids to birthday parties should I
have given you a hug and a kiss hello or
Tulip who I know quite well or should
all that stop so ordinarily I'd say yes
obviously but it depends where you are
in the world at the moment as to what
you should do but we should all be
thinking about how our lives may need to
change not forever but for a short
period so for example how's my
changed in the UK at the moment I'm not
shaking hands with people anymore that's
my personal choice I'm doing an elbow
bump or a foot tap which I think's a
good idea it's something easy I can do
it doesn't offend anybody that I don't
shake their hand anymore
there will be other things if this gets
bigger in my own country going forward
about trying to keep distance from other
people social distancing and it all
depends on how big it gets how many
people are infected so there are lots of
plans to try and work out when that may
happen and then what actions need to be
taken so it's important to listen to the
authorities in your own country and
listen to their advice