Smartphones are no germ spreaders, but you should clean them anyway

A smartphone is best cleaned with a soft, lint-free, slightly moistened microfibre cloth. — Andrea Warnecke/dpa

People are constantly touching their phones or putting them up to their face. In light of the coronavirus, this can seem less than hygienic. While phones don't spread germs, they should be cleaned.

With the coronavirus pandemic, people have become a lot more aware of hygiene and keeping things clean. But what about the device that most of us handle many times a day, and even hold to our faces?