Hugs are safer than handshakes, Belgian virologist says
Van Ranst noted that skin to skin contact increases the risk of transmitting the coronavirus from person to person and that giving a hug is in theory safer than giving a handshake.
A girl hugs her mother before entering her elementary school in Sderot as it reopens following the ease of restrictions preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease.(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)ByZACHARY KEYSER
