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COVID-19 virus stable in frozen human milk – Foodprocessing
A new study has found that cold storage does not inactivate the COVID-19 virus in human milk, but heat treatment does.
Cold storage does not inactivate the COVID-19 virus in human milk, a new study by researchers from UNSW and Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Milk has confirmed.
The researchers tested if storing SARS-CoV-2 in human milk at 4°C or -30°C would inactivate the virus. We found that cold storage did not significantly impact infectious viral load over a 48-hour period, said Greg Walker, lead author and PhD candidate in Professor Bill Rawlinsons group at UNSW Medicine.
While there is no evidence that th…
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