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Study: COVID-19 virus survives on skin 9 hours, 5 times longer than flu virus - CGTN

Study: COVID-19 virus survives on skin 9 hours, 5 times longer than flu virus - CGTN

Study: COVID-19 virus survives on skin 9 hours, 5 times longer than flu virus - CGTN
Oct 18, 2020 26 secs

The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. .

"The nine-hour survival of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus strain that causes COVID-19) on human skin may increase the risk of contact transmission in comparison with IAV (influenza A virus), thus accelerating the pandemic," it said. 

"The longer survival of SARS-CoV-2 on the skin increases contact-transmission risk; however, hand hygiene can reduce this risk," the study said. 

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