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Wash hands six times a day to cut infection risk by a third

20 May 2020

A UCL study has shown that washing hands 6-10 times a day can reduce the risk of a person developing a virus. UCL PhD researcher Sarah Beale (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) explains this study supports UK government’s public health messaging to wash hands regularly.

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