Hugging is ‘safer than shaking hands as coronavirus lockdown measures ease’, claims Belgian virologist

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HUGGING is a safer way to greet someone than shaking hands when lockdown measures ease, a Belgian virologist has claimed. Dr Marc Van Ranst, an epidemiologist at the KU Leuven University in Belgium, said an embrace involves less skin contact than a hand shake. But the expert, who is on the country’s Scientific Committee for […]

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