Bottom Line: Consumer Reports reveals best ways to do laundry during coronavirus pandemic
It’s unknown how long the coronavirus can survive on clothes... hours or even days. Therefore, any clothes that may have been exposed... should be treated as contaminated and kept in a separate laundry bin.
When it’s time to do the laundry, use disposable gloves and throw them away immediately after you finish, then wash your hands...
The experts say that no special detergent or bleach is needed, but that you should use the warmest water setting for the items being washed...
...disinfect all the surfaces in your laundry room that may have been contaminated, like doorknobs and the door pull on the washing machine.
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“When it’s time to do the laundry, use disposable gloves and throw them away immediately”
..What if a bird/rodent then transports COV-19 from dump to someone’s property?
BS
Just let the “infectected” clothes hang outside for for 12 to 24 hours before washing them.
IMO - Adding to disinfect the knobs and buttons on your washer and dryer. Also, the light switch. Hold the germy clothes away from you, keep them off the floor, don’t shake them and don’t put them in a laundry basket. Wash them separate from other clothing.
Why would anyone put germy clothes in a laundry basket? That’s just something else to worry with. Go directly to the washer. Don’t pass Go. Don’t collect $200.