If there’s one lesson you learn from the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps it should be to wash your hands. Whether through human contact, surfaces or even airborne paths, without a vaccine, the risk of infection when in public remains high.
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An experiment by Japanese state broadcaster NHK replicated the potential spread of contact disease in a restaurant.
クルーズ船で感染拡大を招いたとされる接触感染がどのようにして起きるのか、NHKが専門家と共同で実験を行ったところ、ウイルスに見立てた塗料は多数の人が触るものを介して広がることが確認されました。https://t.co/exeyyRXQiD pic.twitter.com/NCHGyJyXRw
— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) May 8, 2020
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At the beginning of the video, a paint that is invisible under normal light, but appears under UV light, was applied to the hands of one person sitting down at a restaurant. After half an hour, traces of the paint had spread to the nine other people in the dining area, as well as in various spots across the room.
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