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The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said on Monday, highlighting the need for effective cleaning and hand washing to help combat the disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Australian researchers findings on SARS-CoV-2 virus reinforce need for hand washing and effective cleaning. <\/div>\n
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Findings from the study done by Australia\u2019s national science agency, CSIRO, appear to show that in a tightly controlled environment the virus remained infectious for longer than other studies have found. CSIRO researchers said that at 20 degrees Celsius the SARS-COV-2 virus was \u201cextremely robust\u201d and remained infectious for 28 days on smooth surfaces such as plastic banknotes and glass found on mobile phone screens. The study was published in Virology Journal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By comparison, Influenza A virus has been found to survive on surfaces for only 17 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt really reinforces the importance of washing hands and sanitising where possible and certainly wiping down surfaces that may be in contact with the virus,\u201d said the study\u2019s lead researcher Shane Riddell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study involved drying virus in an artificial mucus on a range of surfaces at concentrations similar to samples from COVID-19 patients and then recovering the virus over a month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It really reinforces the importance of washing hands and sanitising where possible and certainly wiping down surfaces that may be in contact with the virus<\/div>\n
Shane Riddell<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Experiments done at 20\u00b0, 30\u00b0 and 40\u00b0 Celsius showed the virus survived longer at cooler temperatures, smooth surfaces, and on paper banknotes rather than plastic ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperature<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers said that on cloth at 20\u00b0 they were unable to detect any viable virus beyond 14 days. At 30\u00b0, the virus\u2019 viability fell to just three days on cotton, compared with seven days for steel and smoother surfaces. Viability dropped further at 40\u00b0C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the experiments were done in the dark to remove the impact of ultraviolet light, as research has shown direct sunlight can kill the virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo in the real world results would likely be shorter than what we were able to show,\u201d Riddell told Reuters news agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie Leask, a professor in the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney said the findings were useful but needed to be put in perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe study usefully confirms that surfaces may be a way to pass on coronavirus, but we should look to the epidemiology for how it actually moves between people in everyday life,\u201d Leask wrote on Twitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat data shows it\u2019s still close contact with an infected person that is risky and not from touching their mobile phone 5 days later.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The infectious dose of SARS-CoV-2 is not yet known, but based on related viruses is thought to be about 300 particles. Researchers said if the virus was placed on smooth surfaces at the standard mucus concentration of an infected person \u201cenough virus would easily survive for two weeks to be able to infect another person.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSIRO noted that infection would depend on a number of factors including the makeup of the virus itself, the type of surface, and whether the virus is liquid or dried. The study might also help explain the apparent persistence and spread of the virus in cool environments like meat-packing facilities, it said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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