How to wash your hands to stop coronavirus: Osher Günsberg shares his step-by-step hygiene guide

Channel 10 has suspended filming of the eighth season of The Bachelor Australia due to the coronavirus pandemic.

And the show’s host, Osher Günsberg, shared a public service announcement on Thursday about the importance of washing your hands properly.

The father-of-two, 45, recorded a step-by-step guide outlining how to effectively wash your hands with soap and water.

Osher began his video by explaining how important hygiene is to preventing the spread of COVID-19. 

‘So to not get it, the most important thing you can do is to wash your hands. Soap and water, 20 seconds,’ he said.

Osher thoroughly washed every part of his hands, including the insides of each finger, and reminded his followers to make sure their home surfaces are clean. 

Osher said that a good way to remind yourself about the 20-second rule is to spell out the word ‘coronavirus’ twice while washing your hands.

He added: ‘If we all do this together, we’re going to be alright.’ 

Osher also explained that viruses are held together by fats and soap is required to dissolve them.  

‘The nanoparticle that is coronavirus itself is held together by lipids [fats] – and soap dissolves them, the structure just falls apart like a dropped Lego model,’ he said.

On Thursday, Channel 10 and Warner Bros. suspended filming of The Bachelor Australia, starring Locklan ‘Locky’ Gilbert.

Despite ’employing extra precautions’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the two companies decided to halt production immediately. 

‘The health and safety of our participants and crew members is our number one priority,’ they said in a joint statement.

‘Although we have been employing extra precautions on set for some time, it is no longer practical to continue with production.

‘These are extremely difficult times for all Australians and for our industry, and the full extent of those difficulties will not be known for some time to come.’ 

Channel 10’s head of entertainment, Stephen Tate, told The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday that contestants will continue to go on ‘virtual dates’ with Locky via Skype while in self-isolation.

The wider narrative of the coronavirus outbreak will ‘form part of the story’ of The Bachelor’s eighth season, he added.

As of midday Friday, there are 3,050 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia, including 13 deaths.