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COVID-19 lives 4-5x longer on human skin than Influenza A

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Nine hours. That is the newly published survival rate of SARS-CoV-2 on human skin. Nine hours for the virus to travel on a hand when it grabs medical equipment, closes a door or touches a patient. Compared to nearly two hours for the influenza A virus, the aggressive survival rate of COVID-19 allows for a …

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