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Kenyan Digest

This is how to wash hands

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The craze to wash hands and sanitise has caught on everywhere but do you really know how to effectively wash your hands.

The Ministry of Health has kicked off an anti-coronavirus campaign dubbed #KomeshaCorona with hand washing exercises and demos.

According to World Health Organization, washing your hands properly takes about as long as singing “Happy Birthday” twice.

The Ministry of Health recommends you wash hands for at least 20 seconds.

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Protect yourself & others from getting sick

?Washing your hands w: soap & running water or using an alcohol-based sanitizer is the cheapest and best way to stop coronavirus transmission

Remember
Be safe by avoiding
? Kissing ?
? Hugging ?
? Handshake ?#KomeshaCorona pic.twitter.com/jtjvNtemos

— Ministry of Health (@MOH_Kenya) March 21, 2020