Experts say this doesn't necessarily mean you need to be worried about coronavirus lingering on boxes delivered by Amazon or on your takeout food bag.
Coronavirus can remain infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on some surfaces up to three days, according to a new study.
The virus spreads between people who are in close contact with one another through respiratory droplets, much like the common cold or flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has said there is likely very low risk of transmission of COVID-19 from products or packaging that are shipped over a period of days or weeks"because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces."found that viable virus could be detected up to three hours later in the air, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.
“We’re not by any way saying there is aerosolized transmission of the virus,” but this work shows that the virus stays viable for long periods in those conditions, so it’s theoretically possible, study leader Neeltje van Doremalen at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told the Associated Press.
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