Guest of the morning of Europe 1, Wednesday, the Governor of the Bank of France François Villeroy de Galhau answered a very concrete question from the daily life of the French facing the epidemic of coronavirus: banknotes, transmitted from hand to hand hand, can they be vectors of the spread of infection?

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The epidemic of coronavirus pushes the French to wonder about all their daily gestures and their habits. Despite the confinement, they have the right to go out shopping and many ask themselves this question: can banknotes transmit the infection? François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France, replied to them on Europe 1, Wednesday.

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"A question we take seriously"

"It is a question that we take seriously, like all the others", underlines François Villeroy de Galhau. "The Banque de France has looked with the other central banks and there is no sign that the banknotes are particularly carriers of the virus."

"So we can completely continue to use banknotes", continues the Governor of the Banque de France. "Of course, we must continue to apply barrier gestures and in particular wash our hands frequently." No question, either, of shaking hands to say hello, touching your face or sneezing in your hand and not in your elbow.