New Delhi, May 22 -- Hand sanitisers and masks are just temporary fixes to keep the Covid-19 at bay. But without access to soap and clean water, more than 2 billion people in low and middle-income nations including India, which are home to quarter of the world's population, have a greater likelihood of acquiring and transmitting the coronavirus than those in wealthy countries, according to a global study.
"Handwashing is one of the key measures to prevent COVID transmission, yet it is distressing that access is unavailable in many countries that also have limited health care capacity," said Dr Michael Brauer, professor at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington's School of Medicine, which currently has o...