Experts still maintain that washing hands and not touching your face is the best way to curb the spread of the virus.
For example, many people who wear them don't follow the official advice of washing their hands thoroughly first, ensuring it's air tight and not to touch it once it's on.and that has the potential to contaminate them," said France's head of health, Jerome Salomon. Gloves, similarly, don't greatly heighten protection and could even end up making you sick.
"If people cannot stop touching their face, gloves will not serve a purpose," Amesh Adalja, from Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told AFP. One 2015 study in the American Journal of Infection control found that people touch their face on average 20 times an hour. The novel coronavirus is transmitted via skin contact, transferring infected globules of mucus via the ears, eyes or nose.
"Gloves are not a substitute for washing your hands," said Adalja, adding that surgical gloves should only be used in a medical setting.For one Paris resident, Oriane, 32, this is not a problem. Would you like to comment on this article or view other readers' comments? Register or sign in now.
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