Ellen DeGeneres is doing her part to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus by teaching her audience how to wash their hands.
The 62-year-old host joked that you should avoid places with a lot of people in an enclosed environment with people who have traveled, just like her studio where several of her guests came in from out of town.
She added that the World Health Organization released a list of seven steps on how to wash your hands properly, which she demonstrated for her audience.
Prevention: Ellen DeGeneres is doing her part to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus by teaching her audience how to wash their hands
Demonstrate: She added that the World Health Organization released a list of seven steps on how to wash your hands properly, which she demonstrated for her audience
After bringing out her handy ‘mobile sink’ she started demonstrating the proper steps, starting with, ‘Wet hands and apply enough liquid soap to create a good lather.’
After getting a good lather, she moved on to the second step, ‘Rub palms together,’ which she did vigorously, but she was confused with the third step, ‘Rub the back of your hands.’
‘Does anybody rub the back of your hands? Have you done that before?’ she asked, while rubbing the backs of both hands together.
Mobile sink: After bringing out her handy ‘mobile sink’ she started demonstrating the proper steps, starting with, ‘Wet hands and apply enough liquid soap to create a good lather’
Back: After getting a good lather, she moved on to the second step, ‘Rub palms together,’ which she did vigorously, but she was confused with the third step, ‘Rub the back of your hands’
She moved on to the fourth step, ‘Interlink your fingers,’ before breaking into, ‘Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, here are all the people trying not to get the Coronavirus.’
The talk show host was also confused about the fifth step, ‘Cup your fingers,’ which she tried to demonstrate and said, ‘Just hold them there like that I guess, like a cute little raccoon or something.’
The sixth step is, ‘Clean your thumbs,’ which prompted Ellen to ask, ‘How can you not clean your thumbs?’
Interlink: She moved on to the fourth step, ‘Interlink your fingers,’ before breaking into, ‘Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, here are all the people trying not to get the Coronavirus’
Cup: The talk show host was also confused about the fifth step, ‘Cup your fingers,’ which she tried to demonstrate and said, ‘Just hold them there like that I guess, like a cute little raccoon or something’
‘Who’s just washing and avoiding your thumbs like that?’ Ellen asked, which drew laughs from the crowd.
The seventh and final step was, ‘Rub palms with your fingers,’ adding, ‘I don’t know how long you’re supposed to do that for.’
She added, ‘And also, you’re supposed to wash your hands for 20 seconds, or the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice.’
Final step: The seventh and final step was, ‘Rub palms with your fingers,’ adding, ‘I don’t know how long you’re supposed to do that for’
20 seconds: She added, ‘And also, you’re supposed to wash your hands for 20 seconds, or the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice’
She added that you could also just pick another song to wash your hands to for 20 seconds, asking for Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing to wash her hands to.
DeGeneres washed her hands to the classic tune for 20 seconds before rinsing the lather off and completing the task properly.
There are currently over 90,000 cases of the Coronavirus worldwide, resulting in over 3,100 deaths.
Sexual Healing: She added that you could also just pick another song to wash your hands to for 20 seconds, asking for Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing to wash her hands to
Steps: DeGeneres washed her hands to the classic tune for 20 seconds before rinsing the lather off and completing the task properly