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Coronavirus Survives On Skin For 9 Hours, Longer Than Flu Pathogen: Study – NDTV

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…

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The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, a study said. (Representational)
Tokyo, Japan: 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 pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for about 1.8 hours by comparison, said the study published this month in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal.
“The nine-hour survival…

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