France Issues Coronavirus Warning: Stop Cheek Kissing!
Here’s how France is avoiding the spread of the Coronavirus, they’re urging people to stop kissing on the cheeks!
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Health Minister Olivier Véran advised the country on Saturday to cut back on the traditional greeting known as “la bise,” in which people give kisses, or air kisses, on both cheeks. They believe this will help prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. “The reduction in social contacts of a physical nature is advised. That includes the practice of the bise,” Veran said at a press conference.
As it was previously reported, France currently has 100 confirmed coronavirus cases and two deaths from the virus. It was said they made this same recommendation during the swine flu outbreak, according to The New York Post.
The Italian government’s special commissioner for coronavirus, Angelo Borrelli, also warned folks to scale back on physical contact in the country, which has seen more than 1,100 people test positive for coronavirus and at least 29 deaths.
“We have a collective social life that is very florid, very expansive. We have lots of contact, we shake hands, we kiss each other, we hug each other,” Borelli said. “Maybe it is better in this period not to shake hands, and do not have too much contact, and try to be a bit less expansive, which is different from how I am.”
So far, over 87,000 people have been infected with the virus and nearly 3,000 have died since it emerged in Wuhan, China.
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