A SMARTER WAY TO SNEEZE

It’s time to unlearn the habit of sneezing or coughing into our hands and instead, cough into an arm, says Dr Clare Ballingall. “A single sneeze can launch half a million flu viruses into the air, or onto our hands if we use them to cover our mouth and nose,” she says. “That’s how viruses are easily transferred onto doorhandles and other surfaces.”