At this moment in time as the worlds scientist hurl everything into finding an antivirus to combat the covid-19, and were told as far as possible to avoid crowds,
much like your selves I too thought of other places such as libraries and charity shops amongst others, because this is a new virus , and with all the sensible advice being bandied around its hard knowing what to do,.
as the information says regular washing your hands, and using gel , is the best advice that's assuming you have enough gel, in the first place as supplies seem to be hard to obtain, although I'm sure manufacturers will get this sorted out, and soon,