THE Hygiene Council is an initiative that brings together nine leading global experts in the field of microbiology, virology, infectious disease, immunology, and public health with the aim of revisiting current hygiene practices in order to offer realistic recommendations to the public on the importance of hygiene in the home and community. The council experts are:
1. CHAIR: Professor John Oxford, Professor of Virology at St Bartholomews & The Royal London Hospital, Queen Marys School of Medicine and Dentistry