Being on the street even with gloves, do not touch your face with your hands, since the fabric and the other surface may remain germs and coronavirus. This was stated by the doctor of medical Sciences, head of the Department of infectious diseases RUDN Galina Kozhevnikova in an interview with the Fifth channel.
"If you wear gloves, that pathogens can remain as hands and gloves. No need to touch your face, wipe a nose, eyes. And you shouldn’t wear them for a long time," said the doctor.
She also gave advice on wearing and use of gloves during the epidemic COVID-19.
"If it’s rubber gloves, you came home, took them off and threw them away. If they are fabric, they must be washed with soap and preferably ironed. They should not be worn constantly", — said Kozhevnikov.
The expert emphasizes that the main measure of prevention of coronavirus is to minimize contact with others.
In Russia has registered about 242 thousand people infected, more than 2.2 thousand people died, more than 48 thousand were cured.
