Health
COVID-19 virus can last almost a month on smartphones and ATMs, CSIRO finds – Sydney Morning Herald
The virus that causes COVID-19 can last for 28 days on surfaces such as mobile phone screens, stainless steel and banknotes – significantly longer than previous…
As the temperature increased to 30 and 40 degrees, the virus lasted for less than a week on those surfaces. The study found the virus remained on most surfaces for about six to seven days before starting to lose its potency.
On more porous materials like cotton, which can absorb the virus, no infectious virus was recovered after two weeks.
A droplet of the COVID-19 virus in artificial mucous on a small section of the $5 note.Credit:CSIRO
Similar experiments for Influenza A have found that it …
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