Coronaviruses such as the killer Wuhan strain can survive on doorknobs and train handrails for up to nine days, research has found. Unless surfaces are disinfected the virus may lurk on them and stay contagious for more than four times as long as the flu, which survives for two days. A study has revealed the viruses are relatively easy to kill with alcohol or bleach but can live for a long time if left undisturbed. And the scientists behind it warn protective gear worn by medics must be disposed of immediately because coronaviruses can survive on them for up to two days. The research comes amid an outbreak of a new type of coronavirus that is gripping the world, infecting more than 40,000 people around the world and killing 910. Coroanviruses can survive on doorknobs and bus and train handrails for more than a week, research has found. Pictured: Medics disinfect shops in Shandong province on January 28 Experts say the difficulty of containing the coronavirus is that so many patients have mild, cold-like symptoms and don’t realise they have the infection – but it can quickly turn deadly The new Wuhan coronavirus has infected more than 40,000 and killed 910… Read full this story
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