Coronavirus infections are causing people to have a fear of catching different objects.
People all over the world are now trying to open doors with their elbows, not holding the railings when going up or down the stairs, and standing without holding the handles while on the train, people washing their desks with disinfectant as soon as they reach the office.
Efforts are being made to disinfect areas where the virus has been transmitted by spraying it on transport, roadsides and parks. Office courts, hospitals, shops and restaurants are being cleaned in the same way.
What’s in the droplet
The Covid-19 virus can be spread through the water particles or droplets that come out of the air through the nose and mouth of a person infected with coronavirus when he sneezes or coughs.
Scientists say 3,000 such droplets can come out of a single cough.
This droplet can fall on another person’s body, clothes and surrounding objects. However, some small particles can go into the air. The virus has been shown to survive longer in feces and urine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States says the virus can be spread by touching the face with the hand after touching an infected object. However, this is not the main way to become infected with the virus.
Other health authorities, including the World Health Organization, say it is possible to prevent coronavirus infections by washing hands frequently and disinfecting items that are being caught at the same time.
Longevity of coronavirus and where it survive
It is not yet clear how long the COVID-19 virus can survive outside the human body.
Some studies have shown that other coronaviruses, such as SARS and MARS, can survive up to 9 (nine) days on iron, glass and plastic.
Some viruses can survive for up to 28 days in a cold place.
Nils van Doremalen, a virologist at the National Institutes of Health in the United States, and his colleagues conducted research on how long the COV-2 or SARS virus can survive.
It has been found that the virus can survive in a droplet for up to three hours after coughing.
In small droplets, measuring 1 to 5 micrometers (30 times thinner than human hair), the SARS virus survives for several hours.
However, studies have shown that the virus can survive 24 hours on hard objects such as cardboard and two to three days on plastic objects.
The virus can survive on door handles, plastic and laminated worktops and solid objects, research says. And if it falls on something made of copper, it can take up to four hours to die.
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Source- BBC
