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  • Fri. Nov 22nd, 2024

No cause for alarm about newspapers: Docs

No cause for alarm about newspapers: Docs

You’ve probably seen this debated on a WhatsApp group, including your housing society’s, over the last few days amid the paranoia around the novel coronavirus: what’s safe to pick up? A courier package that is delivered? Packets of groceries or food ordered online? The newspaper?

The coronavirus has poor survivability on most surfaces outside a living organism’s cells, says the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The chances of getting infected when you pick up a newspaper are virtually nil, according to virologists.

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