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4. A DU poster wrote that the virus...

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:27 PM

Mar 2020

... can last as long as NINE DAYS on an inanimate object. I have not verified this information.

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Coronavirus: USPS employee in Washington state tests positive for virus [View all] Roland99 Mar 2020 OP

Great captain queeg Mar 2020 #1

At USPS in NYS yesterday. Zoonart Mar 2020 #2

Probably had to buy their own. captain queeg Mar 2020 #5

They did not exclude contact with the marketing mail and packages Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #3

A DU poster wrote that the virus... Eyeball_Kid Mar 2020 #4

The number is 9 days. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #6

9 days does seem to be the consensus. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #8

From what I've read, the very long survival times for the virus are PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #7

Not really. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #9