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Coronavirus: can you be infected by touching the metro bar or coins?

2020-03-11T17:58:37.292Z


Very worried, many French people change their habits in public places.


THE QUESTION. The coronavirus is spreading in France and the concern is growing in the population. For the time being, the death toll is 33 deaths and 1,784 contaminations. And the country is currently preparing for the transition to stage 3, that is to say the maximum health alert threshold.

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In public places, the French change their habits. Certain scenes of daily life give rise to sometimes strange or surprising moments. In public transport, the metro or RER bar scares more than one. “Since the epidemic, I no longer touch any metro or RER bar (...) This morning, with the guy in front of me, we looked at each other for 5 seconds. He didn't want to open and neither did I. We almost missed our stop, ” says a Twitter user, for example. Several passengers tell us that they now wear gloves in transport to avoid possible contamination.

Coins are also in the viewfinder of some. Example in Lyon, where agents

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Source: lefigaro

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