Corona virus (COVID -19):Handwashing as a protective public health control measure

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic started in Wuhan city in China in December 2019 and gradually spread to the rest of the world. Kenya is one of the East African countries affected. The Corona virus causes a respiratory disease known as Covid-19. [1]The purpose of this work was to describe handwashing as one of the Public Health preventive measures prescribed [1,2] to control infection by Covid-19