Touch elbows rather than shake hands to avoid flu

Next time you greet people, you can better follow either Indian way of ‘Namaste,’ by folding hands, or Japanese’s bow rather than shake hands a most important scientist has claimed shaking hands could spread infectious diseases like flu.

Nathan Wolfe, a virus expert at Stanford University in California, optional we should use a “safe shake” like touching elbows or go behind the example of the Japanese and take a bow to avoid the spread of infections.

According to the Sunday Times Dr Wolfe said disease such as stomach bugs, flu and colds spread readily via skin contact,“We should advocate a safe shake by moving elbows rather than hands,” the Daily Mail quoted Dr Wolfe as say in his new book The Viral Storm.