In fact, scientists have found mobile phones can carry 10 times more bacteria than most toilet seats (gross). Your phone has germs. "Yes, the phone may be a collector of viruses, but in terms of survival on a phone without a cover... lots of bacteria and viruses like very particular environments, and you're likely to be putting your phone on a desk and out in the sun. "Unless we're talking about someone like a health care worker using their phone then yes you're right, phones can harbour potential pathogens," she said. "For the general community, however, it really is about their own bacteria or transient bacteria and transient pathogens.

Source: Huffington Post October 04, 2017 20:48 UTC