KEEPING YOUR PHONE CLEAN, AND SAFE, IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

DOCTORS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO CLEAN THEIR PHONES EVERY TIME THEY WASH THEIR HANDS - IN A BID TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.

AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING PEOPLE USE ALCOHOL WIPES AS THEY CONTAIN ACTIVE INGREDIENTS THAT KILL MORE THAN 99 PER CENT OF BACTERIA.

EVEN IF NOBODY ELSE IS USING YOUR PHONE, YOU’RE GOING TO BE TOUCHING IT REGULARLY, AND IF YOU PICK IT UP AFTER YOU WASH YOUR HANDS, IT MAY STILL HAVE TRACES OF VIRUS YOU PUT THERE BEFORE YOU WASHED YOUR HANDS!

SO IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH WIPING YOUR PHONE DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU WASH YOUR HANDS.

GENTLE BABY WIPES ARE UNLIKELY TO GET RID OF THE GERMS EFFECTIVELY. INSTEAD, USE ALCOHOL BASED WIPES.

THE AVERAGE PERSON PICKS UP THEIR PHONE 2,600 TIMES A DAY AND USES IT AROUND 76 TIMES, ACCORDING TO RECENT RESEARCH.