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Elbow-bumps and footshakes: the new coronavirus etiquette
Virus means handshakes, cheek-kisses, hugs may not be welcomeCoronavirus - latest newsThe day’s key developmentsWhen the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, extended her hand to her interior minister, Horst Seehofer, at a meeting on Monday, he refused her handshake and waved her away.Pre-coronavirus, his gesture would have been the epitome of bad manners. But, with 150 cases now confirmed in Germany, a smiling Merkel immediately held up her hands and said: “That was the right thing to do.” Continue reading...
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