GENEVA (dpa-AFX) – According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is not yet known whether people can catch the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus when touching handles, handles or computer keyboards. Nevertheless, disinfection is recommended, it said in a published in Geneva on Saturday
WHO hygiene recommendation. In it, she mentions a study that the virus can survive up to seven days on the outside of a medical face mask. All studies on the
However, the viability of the virus on surfaces should be treated with caution. According to the WHO, they were carried out in laboratories and made no conclusions about the real world.
In the study mentioned, the virus survived up to four days on stainless steel and plastic, up to two days on glass and one day on fabric and wood. In
Another study said it was four hours for copper, 24 hours for cardboard and 72 hours for plastic and stainless steel.
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