Hand Washing and Personal Hygiene among Nigerians in the face of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) |Biomedgrid

WHO [1] has developed hand hygiene and personal hygiene [2] for healthcare workers and general public towards disease prevention and control [3]? Hand hygiene is a very important aspect of personal hygiene to all - Health care workers (HCWs) patients, patients' relatives thereby preventing healthcareassociated infections (HAIs) [4], Nosocomial infections and the spread of emerging infectious diseases such as novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that is spreading since 8 December 2019 [5] with symptoms such as: feeling short of breath, having a cough that gets more severe over time, and a low-grade fever that gradually increases in temperature.