Novel coronavirus may stay for weeks on banknotes and touchscreens

japantimes.co.jp

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https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-...

They fail to mention that this study was devoid of light to eliminate UV radiation as a contribution. We need a similar study with the effects of light for situations where this is primarily the case.

There were a couple of studies with artificial sunlight published a few months ago. On non-porous substances, viable virus does not last more than 6 minutes if exposed to light (25 C and 70% humidity, IIRC).

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