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Coronavirus: How safe food and home deliveries are in lockdown, according to expert
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Enjoying good food at home is likely to be one of the comforts people cherish during the coronavirus lockdown. But some may be concerned about the risk of picking up the virus from supermarkets, the packaging their food comes in or through home deliveries.
A professor of infectious diseases told the PA news agency the risk of transmission in this way is low and people should simply employ common sense.
Stephen Baker, from the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, said viruses - unlike bacteria - do not survive well outside the body.
The NHS website's coronavirus page says: "It's very unlikely it can be spread through things like packages or food." The key thing to remember is that the biggest risk of transmission is from
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