Published 17:19 IST, March 19th 2020

'Scrubs' episode gaining popularity online as it demonstrates how infection spreads

Netizens are sharing episode 12 from the 2006 television show which had shown how infections spread among people 14 years before the coronavirus broke out.

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Amidst coronavirus outbreak, an episode from an American medical comedy-drama Scrubs is going viral on social media. Netizens are sharing episode 12 from 2006 television show which h shown how infections spre among people 14 years before coronavirus broke out and three years after SARS epidemic. 

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excerpt from show that is going viral shows, Dr. Bob Kelso of Sacred Heart hospital, telling a janitor number one cause of deaths in any hospital. Kelso tells janitor, "Do you kw number one cause of death in a hospital? Infection. And do you kw how quickly infection spres in a hospital?" 

"Infection can start with a simple sneeze and n a handshake. Perhaps an accidental collision and n a simple touch on shoulder. Just like that, you have a patient in trouble," Dr. Bob Kelso tells man. episode n ends with a medical student named Jason "Cabb" Cabbagio shaking hands with a patient right after taking off an infected glove and throwing it into medical waste bin. 

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patient played by Waltons actress Michael Learned dies in next episode as she unkwingly catches infection through infected glove just when she was about to get discharged from hospital for ar illness. coronavirus outbreak has caused panic among people across globe and this excerpt from episode of Scrubs is going viral at right time as it might teach importance of staying hygienic. 

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COVID-19 has claimed more than 9,000 lives across world and has infected over 2,20,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Iran is also highly affected as it became third country after China and Italy to record more than 1,000 deaths. 

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17:19 IST, March 19th 2020