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How worried should I be about news the coronavirus survives on surfaces for up to 28 days? – Australian Times
During a typical day, we touch the surfaces of many different objects, often without noticing: money, phones, door handles, elevator buttons, cups, desks, keybo…
Lara Herrero, Griffith University and Eugene Madzokere, Griffith University
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.
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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 in…
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