#Coronavirus Can Survive for More than a Week on Face Masks, Finds New Study https://weather.com/en-IN/india/coronavirus/news/2020-04-06-coronavirus-survive-more-week-face-masks-new-study

The research examined how long the virus lasts on other commonly-touched objects such as bank notes, tissue papers, and clothes.

In this analysis, researchers tested how long the #coronavirus survives on various surfaces at room temperature.

Subsequently, they found that the virus lasts on tissue papers and printing papers for less than three hours. Further, on cloth (like a standard cotton lab jacket) and treated wood, it disappears by the second day.

However, as for the outer layer of a surgical face mask, the researchers “strikingly” found detectable levels of infectious coronavirus even after seven days!

It is important to note that the presence of the virus on these objects and surfaces was detected by laboratory tools, and not fingers and hands—as the case would normally be.

The study also observed that the concentration of the virus on all the studied surfaces reduced quite rapidly over time. Moreover, the virus died instantly when touched by common household disinfectants, including bleach.