Handshakes, high fives, kisses on the cheek, hugging… people all over the world greet each other in different ways that more or less need close contact (接触）. Because of the novel coronavirus outbreak (新型冠状病毒爆发), people are changing how they greet each other to protect themselves. They have come up with some creative ways to say hello.
French people prefer to kiss on the cheek1each other. It is a common greeting for them, even between people 2 have only just met. They shake hands at work as 3 formal(正式的)greeting. As kissing and handshaking may spread the virus, French lifestyle expert Philippe Lichtfus said 4 looking into a person's eyes is good enough as a greeting.
In Iran, a video 5 popular online. It shows three friends meeting, hands in their pockets, and two of them tapping their feet 6 each other as a greeting. It seems to be a good way to take the place of 7 traditional greetings — handshaking and hugging.
A nose-to-nose greeting is popular in the UAE (阿拉伯联合酋长国). People there rub (摩擦) their noses 8 they see each other. Now the UAE's Health and Prevention Ministry 9people to avoid this traditional greeting. It also said that people 10 shake hands, kiss or hug. Instead, they should greet each other "by waving (挥手) only".
