Free Republic 4th Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $72,476
89%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $424 to reach 90%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: coronaviability

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • How long can the new coronavirus last on surfaces?

    02/27/2020 7:41:54 PM PST · by 11th_VA · 39 replies
    Live Science ^ | First Published 1 week ago | By Yasemin Saplakoglu
    Some coronaviruses can linger on surfaces for up to 9 days ... how long can the new coronavirus linger on surfaces, anyway? The short answer is, we don't know. But if this new coronavirus resembles other human coronaviruses, such as its "cousins" that cause SARS and MERS, it can stay on surfaces — such as metal, glass or plastic — for as long as nine days, according to a new study. (In comparison, flu viruses can last on surfaces for only about 48 hours.) In the new study, researchers analyzed several dozen previously published papers on human coronaviruses (other...