hand washing
Noun
Meaning
hand washing (countable and uncountable, plural hand washings)
Alternative form of handwashing.
hand-washing (countable and uncountable, plural hand-washings)
Alternative form of handwashing.
Alternative names
hand-washing
Examples
Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
Although it was already common to wear a mask in Taiwan, the country's approach to disinformation was a major factor in convincing the population of the efficacy of masks and hand-washing.
Among some of the measures, the chief elections officer said MEC is distributing personal protective equipment, providing hand sanitisers and hand-washing facilities.
And regular hand-washing routines will be instituted.
Automatic hand-washing detection through AI is another feature that is coming on WatchOS 7. Apple Watch automatically detects handwashing to initiate a 20-second countdown timer.
But Tedros warned that the virus is still ‘spreading fast’ and that measures like social distancing, mask wearing and hand-washing are still critical.