Claim: The NHS recommends washing your underwear and towels at 60C or 40C with a bleach-based laundry product to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Fact-check: We fact checked claims about avoiding social contact and how you wash clothes in the face of the new coronavirus - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not nhs advice on limiting the spread of the new coronavirus. it comes from advice on stopping the spread of germs generally.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2020-03-03T00:00:00