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    Coronavirus: your guide to safer shopping and travel

    How to reduce your risk in a world of reusable cups and busy trains and busesCoronavirus facts: is there a cure and what is the mortality rate of the virus?
    by Miles Brignall, Patrick Collinson and Rebecca Smithers Mar 14, 2020 5 minutes
    People queue at a supermarket outside the town of Casalpusterlengo, which was closed by the Italian government due to a coronavirus. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

    Should I be avoiding touching banknotes and coins and going 100% contactless?

    This is what the Bank of England says: “Like any other surface that large numbers of people come into contact with, notes can carry bacteria or viruses. However, the risk posed by handling a polymer note is no greater than touching any other common surfaces such as handrails, doorknobs or credit cards.” Earlier this month a newspaper report claimed the World Health Organization (WHO) had said banknotes may be spreading the coronavirus, so people should try to use contactless payments instead. But it was then reported that the WHO denied it had said cash was transmitting the coronavirus, and that it had been “misrepresented” – so go figure.

    However, logic would suggest that most notes and coins will have previously been handled by large numbers of people (though ATMs quite often dispense notes that are either brand new or little used), so if you are worried,

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