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Large increase in hand hygiene for 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic

Posted at 6:44 AM, Oct 09, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-09 10:14:09-04

A new study suggests hand hygiene has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers found that the odds of a person remembering to wash their hands after coughing, sneezing, or blowing there nose was 2.3 times higher in 2020 than in 2019.

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And when it came to washing hands before eating at a restaurant, 70% of people reported doing that in 2020 while 55% said they did it in 2019.