Corona virus can survive in your pocket for several days - keep it clean with these simple tips

We wash our hands more than ever, but what about the germs in our pockets?

According to experts from catering retailer Handbag Clinic, our bags can carry up to 10,000 types of bacteria, making them dirtier than average toilets.

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Handbags can carry up to 10,000 types of bacteria, making them dirtier than ordinary toilets . Credit: David Cummings - The Sun.

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Hygiene doctor Lisa Ackerley explained which common portfolio items have the greatest health risks

And the World Health Organization suggests that Covid-19 can remain on surfaces for several days, with leather being the perfect surface to thrive on.

Environmental physician Lisa Ackerley, also known as The Hygiene Doctor, said: "Our hands carry viruses and bacteria and transfer them to other surfaces, such as B. our bags.

"Viruses can be infectious in small quantities and the corona virus can survive on surfaces for up to 72 hours."

Here Abby McHale opens her bag and the medical health care officer explains which items pose the greatest health risks.

Bag - leather contains germs

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Handbags are often placed on contaminated tables or surfaces. Credit: Getty Contributor

Your bag is often placed on contaminated surfaces.

A study by the University of Arizona found that a typical workbench contains hundreds of times more bacteria per square inch than an office toilet.

Do not place wallets on tables or surfaces.

Telephone: disinfect with towels

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Wash your hands every time you touch your phone. Credit: Getty - Contributor

The most affected object you have.

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say the chair can be found on every sixth smartphone.

Now we have to wash our hands every time we use our phones.

Use anti-throw cloths to disinfect your phone.

Bottle of water - wash daily

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Wash your water bottle daily with hot soapy water. Photo credit: Getty Images - Getty

When touched with clean hands, it is unlikely that there are many germs.

The risk is that you pick it up with dirty hands or put it on dirty surfaces and then put it in your mouth.

Clean with an antibacterial cloth and wash daily with warm soapy water.

Key - clean daily

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Keys tend to take up fewer germs, but should always be cleaned. Credit: Getty Contributor

Keys are only used a few times a day and not in public spaces. Therefore, take in fewer germs.

However, you should clean them on arrival and not remove them when you are away from home.

Soft tissue: Collect in a plastic bag

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Used handkerchiefs can contaminate other objects when placed in your pocket. Photo credit: Getty Images - Getty

When you put a used handkerchief in your pocket, the germs touch and contaminate other objects.

One way is to have a plastic bag in your pocket to put the tissues in so you can safely throw them away.

Then wash your hands.

Makeup - weekly wash brushes

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Wash makeup brushes regularly in soapy water to keep the inside of your cosmetic bag sterile. Credit: Getty Contributor

Store the makeup in a cosmetic bag instead of a handbag.

Experts say clean brushes every seven to ten days.

If you wash your brushes regularly with soapy water, the inside of the cosmetic bag should remain sterile.

Lip balm - clean hands

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You could put viruses directly in your mouth if your hands aren't clean when you use a lip balm. Credit: Getty - Contributor

If your hands are not clean and you use balms that you can apply with your fingers, you can put viruses directly in your mouth.

Wallet - clean regularly

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The wallets touch many surfaces and should be cleaned regularly. Photo credit: Getty Images - Getty

Wallets are common on the go. They affect counters, work surfaces and offices.

Money and bank cards also come into contact with card machines and other people's hands.

Clean wallets regularly and have clean hands when you touch them.

I have the train tickets and credit cards in a clean wallet in my pocket so I don't have to take my bag out.

Contactless payments are good, just swipe the card over the machine.

Apple - keep in a box

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Prevent germs by storing your apple in a sealed pouch or box. Credit: Getty - Contributor

If you have food in your bag, you should put it in a sealed bag or box to avoid germs.

Often people take the apple out of their handbag with hands that may not have been washed and put it directly in their mouth.

Books - don't lick your fingers

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Be sure to disinfect your hands before picking up a book, and don't lick your fingers before turning the pages. Credit: Getty - Contributor

Less risky than other items because you can pick them up over a long period of time, but only once or twice a day.

Be sure to disinfect your hands and do not lick your hands before turning the pages.

Headphones - keep them in a bag

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Store headphones in a pocket and remove them with clean hands. Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd.

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Headphones can transmit bacteria, but we don't usually touch them with our hands too often and don't touch them all day long.

The main thing is to remove them with clean hands.

If you have a case for them, use it.

The judgment

Abby says, "I'm really not surprised that things like phones are a high risk because I take mine to most places, including the bathroom."

"But that definitely made me think more about cleaning the contents of my purse regularly and sliding my contactless card over the reader rather than writing it to prevent it from containing bacteria.

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