Coronavirus tips

15 practical ways to keep safe when you go out in public: 

If you're not already using these tips for grocery shopping, opening doors and signing your name when you leave the house, now's a good time to start.

1) Wear a face mask in public places .

2) Don't make shopping trips a source of entertainment .

3) Enough with the fingertips: Use your knees, feet, elbows and knuckles instead .

4) Distance, distance, distance .

5) Look for the automatic option .

6) Watch where you put your phone .

7) Set aside your reusable tote bags .

8) Don't sort through produce with your bare hands .

9) Whatever you do, touching's off limits .

10) Wash your hands every time you get 'home' -- seriously .

11) For food and package delivery, embrace the awkward .

12) Carry extra napkins, disinfecting wipes and facial tissue .

13) Don't neglect your car and home .

14) Stop handling cash .

15) Banish questionable items to a long time out .