With the hemorrhaging of lives - caused by the emerging corona virus in most of the countries of the world, especially Europe, and the lack of an effective treatment or vaccine to date - adopting prevention methods has become a concern of all.
All prevention methods approved by the World Health Organization and health agencies in all countries focused on caring for personal hygiene and cleansing hands and body, to eliminate the virus in its cradle before it enters the human body, and is transmitted from one person to another.
Perhaps the only difference between the Corona pandemic - and other major crises for humanity - is that it has rapidly changed the habits and lifestyles of entire peoples, and these changes will undoubtedly have lasting effects.
On top of these changes is washing hands with soap and water for at least twenty seconds, according to WHO alerts.
As of Tuesday evening, the number of Corona sufferers worldwide exceeded 1 421 thousand, of whom more than 81 thousand died, while more than 301 thousand recovered, according to the Worldometer website.
A new habit
In a 2015 Worldwide survey of "Win Gallup Statistics" on a sample of 62,398 people around the world, the results showed that those polled from China and Japan were the least likely to wash their hands after using the restrooms.
The result showed that only 23% of those surveyed in China and 30% in Japan were washing their hands after using the toilets.
In contrast, the study showed that in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, for example, people often wash their hands automatically, after using the toilet.
Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Spain ranked low for hand washing as well, after using the toilets, with rates ranging from 50% to about 60%, according to the survey results.
Currently, Italy, France and Spain are at the forefront of the number of infections and deaths in Europe with the emerging Corona virus.
Islamic practices
Professor Rose Aslan, University Professor of Religions at the University of California Lutheran, said - in an article recently published by The Conference website - that in light of the Corona crisis, Islamic practices that emphasize the purity of the body can help confirm the importance of healthy practices, along with the use of soap or hand sanitizer, To reduce human infection with the virus.
And many recent scientific studies have proven that hand washing stops the spread of infection and is effective in preventing the spread of some diseases, including cholera, diarrhea, helminth infections, and influenza, according to the Global Initiative for Day of Hand Wash.
A scientific study conducted in China in 2016 - published by the scientific journal Plus One - showed that hand hygiene is associated with a lower risk of seasonal flu and flu-like illnesses.
Buying panic
While news of panic and hunger for many food and health products came after the Corona pandemic, toilet wipes came out on top in shopping lists in many countries, especially European and American, as well as Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, according to Business Insider.
However, this panic towards napkins was not strongly present in many Islamic and Asian countries, due to the different healthy habits.
In most Islamic countries, it is customary to use water for cleaning after using the toilets, and this is part of the purity and according to the teachings of the Islamic religion.
On the non-use of bidets in personal cleaning with toilets, writer Rose George described this reality in European countries - in his book "The urgent necessity ... the unknown world of human waste" - as an excuse for disgusting, stressing that the use of wipes does not guarantee complete hygiene.
In most European and Western countries, their toilets do not have water for cleaning, but only wipes. However, in recent years, some Arab immigrants and refugees have begun introducing their culture by installing stoves, but the matter is still limited and does not include most hotels, restaurants, and public toilets.
The invitation to use the bidet in the West began years ago, when a US media company posted to its fans on its Twitter account in July 2017 a short video showing that using toilet paper is not the only option.
The jug and rinse
The famous British newspaper, the British Metro, published, last March, a report entitled How to cope without toilet paper, talking about alternatives to using these tissues after the great turnout and the battles that were photographed by camera lenses to get a roll of it, after the outbreak of Corona in the world.
The report stated that napkins are not essential in many countries, unlike the case in the West, and there are alternatives to it, including - for example wit - newsprint, or wet wipes, but the cheapest and safest alternative is regular water.
He pointed out that the first reason why many people in Asian countries prefer water over napkins is probably due to the climate and even religious belief, as it (water) is better than tissue paper and even wet in terms of hygiene, and more gentle on the skin.
The Metro report worked hard to describe a method or option that existed in any house for the Bedouins, and in the past it was in most homes in the Arab region, what is known in some areas as the ablution jug or bathroom jug, which is mostly a plastic jug with different colors that has a long nozzle, and was using water In it is to perform ablution, purity or cleaning some need.
The report stated that the bidet is the best option, but if it is not available, it is possible to use a small washing jug with an estuary known in some Asian homes and restaurants, even in the United Kingdom, and described it as similar to a teapot, and has a nozzle that directs water according to the destination that the user wants.
Otherwise, you can use a clean water bottle or something similar, according to the newspaper.