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Kenya: Can Coronavirus Only Live Up to 9 Days On Objects, As Kenyan Traders Claim? – AllAfrica – Top Africa News
Claim
Claim
The Covid-19 virus cannot survive on an inanimate object for more than nine days.
Source: The second-hand clothing lobby group, the Mitumba Association of Kenya (July 2020)
Verdict
Explainer: Scientific evidence relied on by the World Health Organization, drawn from studies and reviews, shows the virus which causes Covid-19 only survives on surfaces for at most nine days.
In pressuring the Kenyan government to lift the ban on second-hand clothes imports, a lobby group said clothes shi…
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