pre-print regarding covid-19 viability

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pre-print regarding covid-19 viability

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Looks as if decontamination is a good idea..

"...[The] viruses show relatively long viability on stainless steel and
polypropylene compared to copper or cardboard: the median half-life
estimate for  39 HCoV-19 is around 13 hours on steel and around 16 hours on
polypropylene."

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v1.full.pdf


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