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'Don't touch your face!': website watches you to help you avoid Covid-19

Site monitors you and flashes up warning messages if you start reaching for your faceFollow the latest on Covid-19
A screengrab of a Donottouchyourface.com user touching their face. Photograph: Alex Hern

“Don’t touch your face” is an easy command to interpret but, for some of us, a surprisingly hard one to follow even though we have been told it is among the best ways to avoid

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