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Bizarre ways to press button amid coronavirus pandemic (viral video)

It involves a lighter and safety pin

Newsroom March 23 08:55

Concerned Thais are taking increasingly bizarre steps to protect themselves from the coronavirus – and some of them appear to be quite ingenious as the video below shows.

The method used by office workers involves connecting safety pins to lighters which they use to touch the buttons then burn off any germs immediately after.

Pictures show that many offices and apartment blocks are leaving cotton buds or toothpicks inside elevators so residents don’t have to touch the buttons with their fingers.

Others have even covered the controls in cling film to stop germs from gathering on the metal surface.

 

source viralpress

 

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