Should We Leave Our Shoes Outside, Wash Clothes When We Get Home?

What To Know About Clothes, Shoes And The Coronavirus

While an increasing number of states are starting to reopen, most businesses and stores are also getting back to usual operating schedules, which means that people would slowly start pouring in again. However, this doesn’t mean that the coronavirus is gone and that the pandemic is over since we still have a long way to go. Because of this, precautions like wearing a face mask and regularly washing our hands are still encouraged as well as frequent sanitation of our homes. But to that end, should we do the same for our clothes and shoes? Here’s what we know:

Do you need to wash our clothes after going out?

Thankfully, there’s no evidence that the virus can survive on clothing, meaning that the likelihood of you contracting it from your clothes is low. As such, you don’t immediately have to change your clothes after coming home from the grocery store, especially if you practiced social distancing. However, if you do work at a health care facility with COVID-19 patients, then the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends you to change and launder your clothes when you get home. However, they don’t recommend you shake your dirty laundry since there’s a small chance the virus may become airborne again.
How about leaving your shoes outside?



A lot of you may be wondering if bringing your shoes inside the house after going out to get some groceries is safe and a new study conducted by CDC revealed that the virus can survive on the soles of our shoes. However, whether these droplets are infectious is still unknown. Nevertheless, it’s most likely not infectious as long as you don’t touch the infected area and touch your face right after.

With that being said, spraying some disinfectant on your shoes before going inside is a good idea.

Original article by Medical Daily.