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  • Thu. Oct 9th, 2025

Metal, plastic, cardboard: How long does coronavirus last on surface areas?

Metal, plastic, cardboard: How long does coronavirus last on surface areas?

One advantage about viruses is that they can only reproduce when they’re inside another cell.

So without a host to reside in, this brand-new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 will ultimately simply peter out due to the fact that it can’t copy itself to survive, said immunologist Stuart Tangye of the Garvin Institute of Medical Research Study.

But research study published this week in The New England Journal of Medication discovered that SARS-CoV-2 can still make it through for hours and in many cases days, outside a host, depending on the kind of surface area it’s on.

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The study took a look at the stability of the infection in air and on plastic, stainless-steel, copper, and cardboard surface areas.

Under experimental conditions, it found t

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