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The best way to avoid infection is to make sure you wear gloves when gardening or changing your cat's litter tray, wash fruit and vegetables before eating and cook meat thoroughly - although it is possible to still enjoy it rare, says the Food Standards Agency.
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As well as making sure that you take precautions to try to avoid frozen or burst pipes it also makes sense to make sure that your insurance policy covers burst and frozen pipes, and any subsequent damage to your property, while it is empty.
BBC: Fergus Muirhead
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The key is to remain skeptical, avoid unknown links, verify claims and make sure you change passwords on important accounts on a fairly regular basis.
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