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Spitting in public can spread virus, says expert

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Amritsar, May 5

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As part of the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic, spitting in public places has been banned under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and is a punishable offence with a fine as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Dr Simarpreet Sandhu, a prominent oral pathologist, said according to experts spitting in public places could lead to the spread of Covid-19 as the virus remained active in saliva for one to three days.

She said in order to create awareness, Sambandh Health Foundation (SHF), Gurugram, had launched a ‘Spitting Kills’ mobile app to spread the message. She said the app helped spread awareness through social media that spitting was unhygienic, unhealthy and spreads the infection.

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Dr Sandhu, who is the Secretary-General of Asian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists and a council member of Voice of Tobacco Victims (VoTV), said the need of the hour was to spread the awareness that spitting could spread death. She said a ban on spitting in public places would also help check the spread of other infectious diseases like TB.

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