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Hot Weather May Make It Harder for the Coronavirus to Survive on Surfaces


Hot Weather May Make It Harder for the Coronavirus to Survive on Surfaces

June 10, 2020 at 10:51 AM

An important factor in virus transmission is how long it takes a droplet to evaporate because it can’t survive in a dry environment.The likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 surviving on a surface increases roughly 5 times in a humid environment compared to a dry one. Higher temperatures can kill the virus more quickly.Moisture-friendly surfaces, such as smartphone screens, cotton, and wood, should be cleaned more often than glass and steel surfaces since the droplets evaporate faster on these surfaces.

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