https://t.inks.page/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom Follow any website on Inks inks.page https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom?t=2026-04-05 So, right now, as long as you wash your hands more often, that is the number one thing you can do to keep you and the country safe. [...] The scientific advice is that the impact of shaking hands is negligible and what really matters is that you wash your hands more often.

• Matt Hancock, speaking in BBC Breakfast, as quoted in British army on standby over coronavirus spread, 3 March 2020, Al Jazeera English.

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