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  • don't forget to keep washing your hands.

  • Nothing is more effective in helping prevent the virus spread, but the wear of the viral claims that keep appearing online.

  • Miss number one Holding Your breath if you can hold your breath for more than 10 seconds without discomfort.

  • One widely shared claim asserts there's no fibrosis or scarring in the lungs on basically no infection.

  • Nope.

  • Holding your breath is not a test.

  • Fibrosis on fibrosis is not a symptom of covert 19.

  • The main symptoms don't forget are high fever on a persistent dry cough myth number two Homemade hand sanitizer recipes Beware Internet solutions for home made sanitizer.

  • Anything based on disinfectants for cleaning surfaces probably won't be suitable for use on the skin.

  • As for suggestions that vodka could work, unfortunately, it doesn't contain enough alcohol to be effective.

  • Myth Number three.

  • The virus could survive on surfaces for up to a month.

  • This is highly unlikely.

  • Take research and other strains of Corona virus like SARS or murders.

  • It shows that viruses can remain infectious on hard surfaces like metal, glass or plastic from about two hours upto a maximum of nine days.

  • But the UK government says the risk of contamination is likely to be reduced significantly after 72 hours.

  • Myth number four Cow urine Some Hindu groups in India believe cow urine has medicinal properties and can ward off Corona virus and other diseases.

  • Not so, say the experts.

  • Cow urine doesn't cure things like cancer, and there's no evidence at all that it can prevent Cove in 19.

  • You're better off simply washing your hands.

don't forget to keep washing your hands.

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