Experts urge buyers not to panic. Still in the world there was not a single case of infection COVID-19 through products. Director of the Institute of Virology at the University of Bonn Hendrik of Streek says that the majority of infections are airborne.
however, it is necessary to observe certain precautions. So, head of Department of hospital hygiene clinic in Hamburg Suzanne Huggett recommends that after contact with the packaging do not touch the face with hands, and after returning home, thoroughly wash hands with soap and water.
at Home, you should immediately get rid of the packaging, but if this is not possible, to put such products in the fridge on a separate shelf, advises the expert. With regard to vegetables and fruit, for the period of a pandemic, it is better to clean them from the skin, for example, if we are talking about cucumbers and apples.
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