Hand sanitizer vs Soap and water

Proper hygiene is very important if you want to protect yourself from the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. Proper hand washing and the use of alcohol-based sanitizer can help you prevent COVID-19 as these can kill viruses and other forms of germs.

According to experts, proper hand washing with warm water and soap for at least 30 seconds is the best way to get rid of germs and viruses in the hands. Proper is the operative term here. You have to scrub your hands properly. You need to dig into your nails with the lather of the soap, as well as scrub in between your fingers.

Washing with soap and water is so much better than hand sanitizers. However, you don’t always have access to a sink to properly wash your hands. So hand sanitizers would do just fine. You should have a travel-size bottle with you all the time—even after we survive this COVID-19 pandemic.

You have to know that not all hand sanitizers are effective in combating coronavirus and other forms of germs. You have to look for a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Anything less than that also means it is less effective.