@article{Noor Azizah Mohd Ali_Thudawe Yohani Shavindi Dalugoda_Emma L Ballard_Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke_Fiona Bogossian_2020, title={COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS A RENEWED CALL FOR ‘SPEAKING UP FOR HAND HYGIENE}, volume={4}, url={https://ejournal.lucp.net/index.php/mjmr/article/view/1195}, DOI={10.31674/MJMR.2020.V04I04.007}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify;">As of the 31<sup>st</sup> July 2020, more than&nbsp; 17 million confirmed COVID-19 cases with over 668k deaths have been reported worldwide (World Health Organisation (WHO), 2020). The COVID-19 virus is genetically similar to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) (Nussbaumer‐Streit <em>et al</em><em>., </em>2020; Zhao <em>et al</em><em>.,</em> 2020). However, initial investigations of the basic reproduction number (Ro) of COVID-19 shows higher transmissibility than SARS and MERS (Zhao <em>et al</em><em>.</em>,2020). The mode of transmission of COVID-19 is mainly through close contacts via droplets from human to human (World Health Organisation (WHO), 2020). Whilst researchers around the world are focused on developing a vaccine for COVID-19, transmission preventative measures become the most effective means of response.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Malaysian Journal of Medical Research (MJMR)}, author={Noor Azizah Mohd Ali and Thudawe Yohani Shavindi Dalugoda and Emma L Ballard and Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke and Fiona Bogossian}, year={2020}, month={Oct.}, pages={32-34} }