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Sunday, October 18, 2020
According to the researchers, Corona is significantly more resistant than the flu – it can remain active on the skin five times longer than an influenza virus. A very specific virus killer works equally well with both pathogens.
According to a study by Japanese researchers, the coronavirus can remain active on human skin five times longer than the flu virus. According to the study published in the journal “Clinical Infectious Diseases”, the Sars-CoV-2 virus remains active for up to nine hours, while the influenza A virus that causes the flu only survives 1.8 hours.
The risk of infection can be reduced with regular and thorough hand washing, as recommended by the World Health Organization, the researchers write. Both the coronavirus and the flu virus could also be neutralized in 15 seconds with ethanol, such as that found in hand sanitizers.
A few days ago, Australian researchers had provided more information on the survival time of the coronavirus on smooth surfaces. The virus could remain active on mobile phones and certain banknotes for almost a month.
However, the survival time of the pathogen is highly dependent on temperature conditions: it decreases the higher the temperature. Researchers from the scientific agency CSIRO found the virus to be “extremely robust” at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. Therefore, at this temperature, the pathogen can survive on glass, steel, and plastic for 28 days.
However, at 30 degrees, his survival time was only seven days, at 40 degrees only 24 hours. According to the study, the survival time of the virus on porous surfaces like cotton is generally shorter: depending on the temperature, it is from 14 days to less than 16 hours.
