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Novel coronavirus may stay for weeks on banknotes and touchscreens
- verdverm 6y agohttps://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-020-01418-7 https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-... They fail to mention that this study was devoid of light to eliminate UV radiation as a contribution. We need a similar study with the effects of light for situations where this is primarily the case.
- lbeltrame 6y agoThere were a couple of studies with artificial sunlight published a few months ago. On non-porous substances, viable virus does not last more than 6 minutes if exposed to light (25 C and 70% humidity, IIRC).