I’m curious about this procedure-—and it may have been answered elsewhere.
If a person is diagnosed I can’t imagine this type of thing always taking place.The resources needed would be excessive.
If the contaminated premises were quarantined for a month or so wouldn’t the virus die? That seems much simpler.
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As long as there was no new host/host material available, I think the virus dies out in just under a week. I think it was 5 days. Cooler areas may see longer times, as these things just go dormant in cold. But, yes, aside from cleaning up vomit/other fluids/waste, the virus would certainly die off in a week.
Okay, found more information. Without host/host material, the virus dies within hours outside the human body. It has been confirmed that it can survive in human waste/dead bodies several days (several is undefined on the CDC page).