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Study shows novel coronavirus can live on skin for 9 hours, but what does that mean?
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By Melissa Couto ZuberThe Canadian Press
Thu., Oct. 22, 2020 timer 4 min. read
A recent study suggests the novel coronavirus can live on human skin for up to nine hours, but experts say those findings aren’t as alarming as they sound.
The study by Japanese researchers, published earlier this month in the science journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, looked at how long viruses can survive on human skin based on samples collected from cadavers about a day after death.
The findings suggest that the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can remain active for 9.04 hours — nearly five times longer than the survival time of the pathogen that causes the flu.
The study also showed that an 80 per cent ethanol-based sanitizer can kill the novel coronavirus in a matter of 15 seconds.
More:
https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2020/10/21/study-shows-novel-coronavirus-can-live-on-skin-for-9-hours-but-what-does-that-mean.html
