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Virus can live 28 days on bank notes, phone screens
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What you need to know:
- The researchers from Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness said besides phones and notes, the virus is also able to survive for those days on stainless steel and vinyl.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can survive on smooth surfaces, including banknotes and mobile phone screens for almost a month.
Australian researchers found that the virus can linger for 28 days on both paper and polymer banknotes, at lower temperatures and at room temperature (about 20°C), in laboratory setting.
