If you have a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patient in your household, here are some tips from the World Health Organization that you can follow to avoid infection when doing laundry:
- Wash the patient's clothes, towels and bed linens separately.
- If possible, wear heavy-duty gloves before handling them.
- Never carry soiled bed linen against your body.
- Wash and disinfect linen: machine wash at 60-90℃ with laundry detergent.
- Do not forget to wash your hands at the end of the process.