{"id":38333,"date":"2020-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/aussies-are-being-told-stop-shaking-hands-because-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-03-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T00:00:00","slug":"aussies-are-being-told-stop-shaking-hands-because-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/aussies-are-being-told-stop-shaking-hands-because-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussies Are Being Told To Stop Shaking Hands Because Of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Australians are being urged to make behavioral changes to combat the spread of coronavirus &#8212; including no more shaking hands.<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Penny Adams has told the Today show:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At the moment avoid handshaking and kissing can be when greeting somebody. I think that&#8217;s reasonable,&#8221; she told Today host Karl Stefanovic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;General protective measures [are] really important, as it is in the flu season. Wash your hands with soapie water or use alcohol solutions, and if you cough, cough into your elbow or into a tissue and dispose of it and wash your hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Make yourself coronavirus ready. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7s4G2CxKB9\">https:\/\/t.co\/7s4G2CxKB9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newscomauHQ\/status\/1234452554567868416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F192061898689610%2F&#038;show_text=1&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"382\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians are being urged to make behavioral changes to combat the spread of coronavirus &#8212; including no more shaking hands. 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