We know that one of the main ways Covid-19 can spread is through our hands, hence why the government continues to remind us how important it is to thoroughly wash them as much as possible . And since the beginning of the outbreak we’ve also discovered that it’s just as important to keep our nails short to help stop the spread of germs – just as well, seeing as we couldn’t get to a nail salon to get our talons tended to anyway and long, acrylic nails quickly became a thing of the past.