The dirty secret traveling with you

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The vast majority of Australians have a mobile phone and experts are warning harmful bacteria are being carried on unclean surfaces. Source: SBS News

DNA analysis of microbes found on the phones of international travellers has found antibiotic-resistant bacteria and harmful pathogens are entering Australia.


Around 90 per cent of Australians own a mobile phone and there are about seven billion smartphones in the world, according to research by Deloitte ( Australia).
On average Australians use their phones for around five hours per day for work, entertainment and communications, and this number has been rising.
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