Title: Virus remains viable on surfaces for at least 3 hours

It can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on surfaces up to days, according to a new study released on March 17. Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health found in tests that when the virus is carried by the droplets released when someone coughs or sneezes, it remains viable, or able to still infect people, in aerosols for at least three hours. “The coronavirus can live for three days on some surfaces, like plastic and steel — though the amount of viable virus decreases sharply over this time — suggests a new study, published on March 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

  • Aerosols

  • Coronavirus

  • Study

  • Viable

 

  • Virus

 

 

  • Global

 

 

 

  • Article