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Pupils washing their hands at a sink in their school canteen before having their meals on Jan 7, 2020.
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WASHINGTON - The best way to protect against the coronavirus is to understand it is like the virus that causes the highly contagious common cold, said Ms Laurie Garrett, a Pulitzer-winning science writer who has written books on pandemics.
"About half of all common colds are coronaviruses, so they're in the same family with this very dangerous virus," she said.
