Answer Bank: How should you wash a COVID-19 patient's clothes?

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If you have a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patient in your household, here are some tips from the World Health Organization that you can follow to avoid infection when doing laundry:

• Wash the patient's clothes, towels and bed linens separately.

• If possible, wear heavy-duty gloves before handling them.

• Never carry soiled bed linen against your body.

• Wash and disinfect linen: machine wash at 60-90℃ with laundry detergent.

• Do not forget to wash your hands at the end of the process.