Washing Hands Better than Drugs in Checking Virus!

Washing Hands Better than Drugs in Checking Virus!

According to a new study, published in the "British Medical Journal", physical barriers such as washing hands, wearing gloves, face masks and gowns may be more effective in the prevention and spread of respiratory viruses such as influenza and SARS than drugs.

The researchers who went through 51 studies came to the conclusion that these simple low-cost physical measures should be given higher priority in any national pandemic contingency plans, as more and more evidence suggests that the use of vaccines and anti-viral drugs will be insufficient to interrupt the spread of influenza.