One good piece of news is that this virus is actually fairly helpless when it comes to hand sanitizers and old-fashioned soap. Coronaviruses are envelope viruses, meaning they have a coating that is easily disrupted with alcohol-based hand sanitizers and soaps (other viruses like norovirus and rhinovirus are not, and require serious hand washing to mechanically rinse them away). Without its envelope, the virus is incapacitated.
COVID-19 No match for hand sanitizers and soap!
Woman using antibacterial hand sanitizer, closeup