don't forget to keep washing your hands
nothing is more effective in helping
prevent the virus spread but beware of
the viral claims that keep appearing
online myth number one holding your
breath if you can hold your breath for
more than 10 seconds without discomfort
one widely shared claim asserts there is
no fibrosis or scarring in the lungs and
basically no infection
nope holding your breath is not a test
for fibrosis and fibrosis is not a
symptom of kovat 19 the main symptoms
don't forget our high fever and a
persistent dry cough myth number two
homemade hand sanitizer recipes the way
Internet Solutions for homemade
sanitizer anything based on
disinfectants for cleaning surfaces
probably won't be suitable for use on
the skin as for suggestions that vodka
could work unfortunately it doesn't
contain enough alcohol to be effective
myth number three the virus can survive
on surfaces for up to a month this is
highly unlikely take research and other
strains of corona virus like SARS or
MERS it shows that viruses can remain
infectious on hard surfaces like metal
glass or plastic from about two hours up
to a maximum of nine days but the UK
government says the risk of
contamination is likely to be reduced
significantly after 72 hours myth number
four cow urine some Hindu groups in
India believe cow urine has medicinal
properties and can ward off coronavirus
and other diseases not so say the
experts cow urine doesn't cure things
like cancer and there's no evidence at
all that it can prevent kovat 19 you're
better off
simply washing your hands
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