2020 is going to be remembered as the year of hand-washing, which all of us know, is the most basic hygienic habit. Unfortunately, it was all triggered by the spread of the deadly pandemic-the?coronavirus.
With more than 1,38,000 coronavirus-positive cases reported acrossthe world and over 4,900 lives lost, everybody is doing their bit to stop thenovel virus from spreading further. Social distancing and handwashing are now the most important steps?in halting the spread.?
A recent viral video shows a teacher dipping a student’s fingers in a dish of black pepper flakes floating in water. Afterthat she asks them to observe the flakes on her hands. A few seconds later,the teacher dips her fingers in the soap before dipping it back in the blackpepper water.
As soon as he soapy finger in the water, the?pepperflakes get repulsed due to the soap on her fingers. While concluding the videothe teacher can be heard saying, "You see how important it is to wash yourhands with soap?"
In a similar bid to teach school kids the importance ofwashing hands, Shauna Woods, a teacher at Hallsville Schools in Missouri,stamped students' hands at the start of the day.
She even gave them the promise of a special gift at the endof the day if they had the ink off.
After one day of the test, Shauna said the school kids werescrubbing their hands multiple times a day in a bid to win the prizes,reports?The Sun.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have taken an uncompromising stance on the way handwashing should be done, particularly to prevent a COVID-19 coronavirus infection.?
The instructions are to wet your hands with clean water, lather soap on every last spot of your hands, scrub (and sing) for at least 20 seconds, and then rinse.?