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Meena Jha, Head Technology and Pedagogy Cluster CML-NET, CQUniversity Australia

Your phone is covered in germs: a tech expert explains how to clean it without doing damage

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We wash our hands, sanitise shopping trolleys and wipe down cafe tables. But what about our phones? We touch these devices dozens of times a day, and take them everywhere from the kitchen to the dining table, and even the bathroom.

Phones can be contaminated with many kinds of potential germs. When was the last time you wiped down yours – and with what?

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