At the same time that the Coronavirus outbreak had just begun in China, the Society for Applied Microbiology was publishing an article called ‘A Germ’s Journey’ documenting how scientists , teachers and teacher educators worked together, sharing their knowledge freely world wide, to create a MESHguide knowledge map/research summary (www.meshguide.org) for teachers – to promote personal hygiene and cleanliness and stressing the importance of careful handwashing. The Germ’s Journey MESHguide reports on the use of interactive resources to teach children about microbiology, hand-hygiene and infection control. The guide demonstrates the need for education in this area, science for young children and how using an integrated

MESHGuide authors and associates are creating podcasts with voicEd teachers’ radio.

voicEd is a web radio station based in Canada and is a MESH partner. (See voicEd.ca for a wide range of podcasts on educational matters.