FOCUS: Only 21% cleaning hands appropriately in Japan amid pandemic: survey

Just over 21 percent of people in Japan are washing or sanitizing their hands appropriately amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to an online survey by a team drawn from Tokyo Medical University and other institutions.The survey was conducted in June, after a decline in the daily number of COVID-19 infections and the lifting of the first coronavirus state of emergency in late May. The research was published in the Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases in late December.Masaki Machida, a research associate in Tokyo Medical University's Department of Preventive Medicine and Public …READ FULL ARTICLE