Today we’re announcing 21 new studies into the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, #COVID19, funded by UKRI with Department of Health and Social Care and National Institute for Health and Care Research: orlo.uk/qd33e 👇👇

Prof. Lucy Yardley University of Southampton was interviewed this morning on #r4Today about a paper published today on self isolation. It is not inevitable that everyone in the same household will become infected with #coronavirus. Main points I took away: Charles Elder 💙 Southampton Medicine

Simple measures can help reduce the spread and severity of infection among those living with people who have covid-19, argues #BMJAnalysis, including handwashing, avoiding sharing rooms and surfaces, managing incoming deliveries, and ventilating rooms ow.ly/Y1g750zyi90

Thanks for all the support. We had almost 34,000 people visit the website yesterday!!

Apologies to anyone trying to access the website yesterday evening. Prof Lucy Yardley was on BBC news talking about us and we had a lot of visitors. The website is available again this morning.

Prof Lucy Yardley talking about Germ Defence 21 minutes in. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

The Germ Defence website draws on #behaviourchange techniques to help users think through & adopt better home hygiene and stronger infection control. germdefence.org #COVID19 #coronavirus #StayAlert National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRevidence UK Research and Innovation NHS England @PHE_uk LGA Wellbeing

Find out more about the wide range of #COVID19 health protection research funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research, including Germ Defence led by @HPRU_BSE's Prof Lucy Yardley. nihr.ac.uk/covid-19/healt… #WeAreTogether

Spread Germ Defence, not the virus! With people gathering at home for #Christmas, it's vital to stop the spread of #coronavirus in the home. Following advice from the Germ Defence website has been shown to reduce the spread of flu & other viruses. See: bit.ly/3mbxQkI

There are simple things we can all do to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus when family and friends visit over Christmas. See how to help reduce infection spread with Germ Defence; a project from behavioural psychologists including Ben A. bath.ac.uk/announcements/…

#COVID19 - a useful website with practical guidance for reducing risk Well done University of Southampton University of Bath University of Bristol germdefence.org/index.html

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💬 "We have to continue to reduce infection spread." New research from Psychology at Bath shows that people are still struggling to stick to some behaviour changes to limit transmission of the COVID-19 virus in the home. 🏠 bath.ac.uk/announcements/… Germ Defence Ben A

Germ Defence website rolled out through GP practices in England to help reduce household #COVID19 infections: researchers from @HPRU_BSE CAPC, Bristol NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West are investigating the effectiveness of Germ Defence in preventing #coronavirus spread at home. bit.ly/2OZBfHz

We launched a year ago to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 at home, and now we've had over 500,000 people visit us! Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported us germdefence.org

Our #covid detached team had a busy night, the #youngpeople informed about the online tool which shares advice on how to keep your household Covid free, what to do if a member of your household #tests positive germdefence.org Abdul Razaq Germ Defence Denise Park @OsmanSayyed