The study by Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation showed that, in controlled conditions, the Covid-19 Virus tended to survive longer at lower temperatures on nonporous or smooth surfaces such as glass.
Covid-19 can survive for up to 28 days on surfaces including banknotes, smartphone screens and stainless steel, according to the study.
The study, published in Virology Journal, also found that Coronavirus survived for less time at hotter temperatures than cooler temperatures; it stopped being infectious within 24 hours at 40C on some surfaces.
Some experts have thrown doubt on the actual threat posed by surface transmission in real life as the coronavirus is mostly transmitted when people cough, sneeze or talk.
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