The contagious coronavirus can survive on a cardboard delivery box for at least a day and lives even longer on steel and plastic.
New research: A big question is how the germ that causes coronavirus moves so easily between people. To help find an answer, US researchers tried spritzing the virus on seven materials commonly found in homes and hospitals, to see how long it remained infectious. The germ survived longest on plastic and stainless steel, where it clung for as long as three days.
However: So far there is no definitive proof the virus is actually spread via inanimate objects. Read the full story.
—Antonio Regalado and Mike Orcutt
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