Contaminated cash could cost us dearly
HANDWASHING is one of the recommended defences for the coronavirus outbreak, but nothing has been said about handling cash. Shop assistants, bus drivers and bank tellers are all at a greater risk. Antibacterial gel should be made available at key contact points. I have a Masters in hand hygiene behaviour, so I know that mobile phones, cash and credit cards are the three items in modern society that facilitate cross-contamination.
PAUL OBI, address supplied.
I’M not wishing to encourage more panic buying but may I suggest wearing latex gloves as a useful protection from Covid19. Pushing a door open is also relatively easy using one’s forearm rather than grabbing a handle, but pulling requires a little more dexterity. HAZEL VANBERGEN,
Birkhill, Angus
PEOPLE are rightly outraged that some websites are exploiting concerns about the spread of the coronavirus by hiking the price of hand sanitisers. Cometh the hour, cometh the conman.
ANDREAS SMITH, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
WHEN I received a parcel delivery from our regular courier this week, I asked about her views on coronavirus. I was alarmed at her answer. She told me that even if she believed that she was developing symptoms, she would have no alternative other than to carry on working. On a zero hours contract, she has no employment rights, is paid well below the national living wage and is not entitled to sick pay. This courier handles 100 parcels a day and numerous people are required to sign a hand-held computer. How can there be any hope of controlling this virus?
Name supplied, Preston, Lancs.