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.
Busting myths: Newspapers don’t spread Corona
Leading newspapers today are printed with highly automated processes and without human contact. From robotic handling of newsprint and other raw material