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How Worried Should I Be About Coronavirus’ 28-Day Surface Retention? – Gizmodo Australia
During a typical day, we touch the surfaces of many different objects, often without noticing: money, phones, door handles, elevator buttons, cups, desks, keybo…
During a typical day, we touch the surfaces of many different objects, often without noticing: money, phones, door handles, elevator buttons, cups, desks, keyboards, petrol pumps and shopping trolleys.
Objects with surfaces that carry pathogens (such as bacteria or viruses) can pass on infections when we touch them. So it makes sense contact with these contaminated surfaces (often called fomites) might increase our infection risk.
Now a study published by CSIRO researchers suggests SARS-CoV-2,…
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