Money, phones teeming with deadly germs, research says

Sh50 notes and Sh20 coins. According to research by a State agency, denominations circulating in Nairobi have germs that can cause skin, heart and bone infections, food poisoning, pneumonia and toxic shock in humans. [Hillary Orinde, Standard]

When you pay for your favourite meal, do you wash your hands before sitting down to eat? If not, you may want to think twice, because money, especially the Sh20 coins and the Sh50 notes circulating in Nairobi, is dirty and a risk to your health, the Kenya Medical Research Institute has warned.

To put it quite literally, you might not want to put your money where your mouth is.