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Several schools have been affected across Yorkshire Public Health England Yorkshire and Humber’s health protection personnel have been liaising...
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Hand hygiene “in addition to the usual curriculum” A Teesside School was recently closed for a deep clean, after a pupils suffered...
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Hands must be clean for sanitiser to be effective There are “significant differences” between hand sanitiser and good old soap and...
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Illnesses can be caused for human visitors – even when the animals are healthy Drug-resistant superbugs could be thriving in petting zoo...
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