Here\'s how to make your car corona free
4 years, 4 months ago

Here\'s how to make your car corona free

Deccan Chronicle  

With motor vehicles getting back on the roads in large numbers as a result of the relaxed lockdown restrictions, the Greater Chennai Corporation administration has urged automobile owners to strictly follow precautionary measures to contain the spread of COVID 19. In a short video, GCC has asked vehicle owners to follow tips including cleaning of oft-touched surfaces such as the steering wheel, knobs, switches, screens and buttons with disinfectant, using the right detergent and cold water to wash vehicles, wiping off the water with dry cloths and washing the vehicle at least once in a week. As per the various studies, the interiors of vehicles especially cars contain many different kinds of surfaces including leather and metal to rubber and plastic. The virus can spread while sharing airspace with an infected person, the surfaces the person touched, and even the airspace after an infected passenger has left as the virus can persist in the air for up to three hours and for two to three days on stainless steel and plastic surfaces.

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Coronavirus Becomes 90% Less Infectious Within 20 Minutes of Being Airborne, Reveals UK Study
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Becomes 90% Less Infectious Within 20 Minutes of Being Airborne, Reveals UK Study

News 18  

A groundbreaking new study that attempts to find how the deadly coronavirus survives in exhaled air has revealed that the virus becomes 90 per cent less infectious within 20 minutes of becoming airborne therefore losing most of its ability to infect after the first five minutes. While conducting the study, the researchers developed an apparatus to generate virus-containing particles and …

Covid: How to sanitise and stay safe while flying
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid: How to sanitise and stay safe while flying

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new peer-reviewed study published in September used data from nearly 10,000 air travellers on Delta’s Covid-tested flight corridors between …

Little risk of picking up coronavirus on a plane: NLR
3 years, 6 months ago

Little risk of picking up coronavirus on a plane: NLR

Dutch News  

Sitting in a plane fewer than four rows away from with someone who is infected with coronavirus will result in only a very minor chance of infection, according to research by the Dutch aerospace institute NLR and public health body RIVM for the transport ministry. At between one in 160 and one in 1800 cases, the risk of catching the …

Aerosols from Covid-19 infected person can travel in air upto 10 metres: Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Aerosols from Covid-19 infected person can travel in air upto 10 metres: Govt

Hindustan Times  

The government on Thursday issued a set of guidelines to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease as the country reels under the second wave of the pandemic. Stopping the transmission of the Covid-19 virus from a person to another person will decrease the infection rate of the disease to a level where it can eventually die, according to the …

Catching COVID-19 from surfaces is very unlikely, maybe we should ease up on the constant disinfecting
3 years, 9 months ago

Catching COVID-19 from surfaces is very unlikely, maybe we should ease up on the constant disinfecting

Firstpost  

This isn’t to say surface transmission isn’t possible and that we should disregard it completely but, we should acknowledge the threat is relatively small. The key question isn’t whether surface transmission is possible, or whether it can occur in the real world — it almost certainly can. The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel …

The novel coronavirus does not like porous surfaces
3 years, 10 months ago

The novel coronavirus does not like porous surfaces

Live Mint  

It is a well-known fact that one of the primary modes of transmission of the covid-19 virus is through respiratory droplets. Now a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, published recently in the Physics of Fluids journal, shows that a droplet remains liquid for a much shorter time on a porous surface, making it less …

Plasma Jets May Kill Coronavirus on Metal, Leather Surfaces Within Seconds: Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Plasma Jets May Kill Coronavirus on Metal, Leather Surfaces Within Seconds: Study

News 18  

Plasma jets may kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces such as metal, leather, and plastic in as a little as 30 seconds, according to a study which suggests that plasma could promise a significant breakthrough in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Published in the journal Physics of Fluids, the modelling study conducted in June showed strains of the …

Covid-19 Causing Virus Can Stay on Mobile Screens, Glass and Money for 28 Days: Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 Causing Virus Can Stay on Mobile Screens, Glass and Money for 28 Days: Study

News 18  

Three recommendations for controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus include washing hands with soap and water, maintaining social distance and wearing masks. In a recent study published in the Virology Journal on 7th October 2020, it was found that SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on glass surfaces, stainless steel and currency notes for up to 28 days. COVID-19 virus can …

How long can coronavirus survive on surface? It's 28 days, says new study
4 years, 2 months ago

How long can coronavirus survive on surface? It's 28 days, says new study

India Today  

Researchers have said that Covid-19 that causes the novel coronavirus infection, can survive for 28 days on smooth surfaces such as stainless steel, phone screens, glass, plastic and banknotes. Contrary to previous research that suggested Covid-19 can survive for three to seven days on smooth surfaces, the recent study by researchers at Australian agency CSIRO says that the virus can …

For How Long Can the Coronavirus Stay Active on Your Skin and Other Surfaces?
4 years, 2 months ago

For How Long Can the Coronavirus Stay Active on Your Skin and Other Surfaces?

News 18  

Despite all the strides made by humankind over the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Research conducted at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in July 2020 had indicated that SARS-CoV-2 can stay on the skin for eight hours to 14 days depending on the temperature. This study said that the virus …

Coronavirus and surfaces: What's the latest on what we know about how you can catch COVID-19?
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus and surfaces: What's the latest on what we know about how you can catch COVID-19?

ABC  

Are you more likely to catch coronavirus from surfaces or from droplets in the air? Under experimental conditions it found: The virus could still be detected on stainless steel and plastic after 72 hours No viable SARS-CoV-2 could be detected on a cardboard surface after 24 hours No viable SARS-CoV-2 could be detected on a copper surface after four hours …

How to sanitize your car safely: Simple steps for you
4 years, 6 months ago

How to sanitize your car safely: Simple steps for you

India Today  

The world is facing a pandemic in the form of the Covid-19 outbreak. Using your car to go to work daily or to other places can be dangerous as there are chances that you might have picked up the virus from a contaminated surface, and then you touch various parts of the car while driving or traveling in it. Tips …

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