How do you protect yourself against the corona virus? The survival of Covid-19 on surfaces is different. A researcher explains.
- Many people are currently wondering how long it takes lifespan of Corona virus on surfaces is.
- A researcher of the Ruhr-University Bochum already has one in February report published about the question.
- Have now US researchers the findings have been adjusted – this is how long the corona virus survives on surfaces.
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Dortmund / Bochum – Where people come together, it can Corona virus spread very well. In the Publicity are Stairwells, elevators and Tracks Places where Pathogens collect, as reported by RUHR24.de *. But how long survive that Corona virus actually on surfaces?
Coronavirus: Lifespan on Surfaces – Researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum Provide First Answers
Numerous are currently taking care of the new Sars-CoV-2 corona virus Researcher. The goal is not just to develop a vaccine. It’s also about basic and supposedly simple questions.
Where can People to get infected? On which surfaces that holds Corona virus the longest? What surfaces are for Pathogens ideal and which not?
Lifespan of the corona virus on surfaces: researchers learn something new every day
Every day, researchers find something new about the corona virus. But the question of how long this Viruses on surfaces survive, scientists have been busy since outbreak the illness.
Dr. Günter Kampf from Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine of the Greifswald University Medical Center and Prof. Eike Steinmann, Chair of Molecular and Medical Virology at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), have dealt with this topic.
Coronavirus: February report provides first insights into pathogen life
On February 7, 2020, the Ruhr University Bochum published a report on the subject * of how long coronaviruses can survive on surfaces and the effect of disinfectants. The support themselves scientist on Findings from 22 studies.
The good news: The corona virus can be combated with disinfectants. “Different corona viruses were examined and the results were all similar,” says Eike Steinmann from the Ruhr University in Bochum.
Life of the corona virus on surfaces – humidity and cold good for pathogens
From the report of the Ruhr University Bochum it appears that “the evaluated work, which among other things deals with the pathogen SARS coronavirus and MERS corona virus deal, for example, revealed that the Viruses at room temperature hold on surfaces for up to nine days and remain infectious. “
How long do the coronavirus pathogens survive on surfaces in public?
© Christophe Gateau / dpa / collage: RUHR24
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On average, viruses would be between four and five days survive being cold and high humidity increase the lifespan.
US researchers are renewing insights into the lifespan of the corona virus
On March 9, US scientists published the US National Institute of Health (NIH) and the CDC (Center of Disease Control and Prevention) a scientific report with new knowledge about the Coronavirus lifespan on surfaces.
Corona virus: Sars-CoV-2 persists on surfaces https://t.co/Q3AxR7blOA
– Klaus-D. Sedlacek (@sedlacek_d) March 13, 2020
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Experiments would show that viruses are up to three days on plastic and stainless steel can hold. In the air however, the pathogen is already after three hours no longer viable. The Southgerman newspaper* reported on the scientific findings on Friday (March 13th).
This is how long the coronavirus pathogen can survive on stainless steel and plastic
From the scientific report from March 2020 on the Coronavirus survivability the details are as follows:
- Stainless steel and plastic – three days
- Cardboard or paper – one day
- Copper – four hours
- Aerosols (air, smoke mist) – three hours
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Loud Southgerman newspaper there were a total of 3000 infections in clinics in China. There is a lot of stainless steel and plastic in hospitals.
Stainless steel and plastic are ideal for the corona virus – cardboard and cardboard are not
Against that Corona virus helps disinfect. Disinfectant is currently sold out in many shops such as dm or Rossmann, which have already reacted to empty shelves *. The WHO has published a recipe on how people can * make disinfectants themselves.
The public can Coronavirus pathogens occur in the train, in public institutions, shops and also in the workplace. But even in your own four walls there are surfaces and objects with doorknobs or keys that should be disinfected every now and then.
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* RUHR24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network
List of rubric lists: © Lukas Schulze / dpa; Collage: RUHR24
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