With the advent of the COVID-19 virus, so many guidelines and directives have emanated from the World Health Organization and other medical bodies. I have tried to keep up with most of these directives, like maintaining physical distancing by a distance of at least 2 metres; regular handwashing with soap under running water; use of hand sanitizer, wearing a mask before leaving my home etc. but the one which says "Don't touch your face" has become my albatross.

It is said that you can contract coronavirus by touching almost anything in a public space and then touching your mouth, eyes or nose, but I can't remember how many times I have touched my face today or my eyes, not to talk of touching or adjusting the mask while it is on, despite my best efforts.

It is also estimated that on average, humans touch their face 23 times per hour.

Abeg, I cannot come and go and kee myself jare!

For what?

Something whose existence in Nigeria is still a subject of cynicism and debate?

I can't count

Approximately 670 times today

only my hand knows

Holumhidey:
Approximately 670 times today

Haba! Were you counting? The thing pass WAEC o!