COVID-19 can persist in the human respiratory tract for up to 36 days.
Research by Chinese scientists proves that survival virus in the human body has been grossly underestimated.
Coronavirus can persist in the respiratory tract of the carrier for up to 36 days, which is 2.5 times more than the 14-day WHO quarantine for people at risk.
The research results are published in the journal Lancet.
Doctors analyzed the course of the disease in 191 patients in Wuhan during the coronavirus pandemic. A case was recorded when the RNA of the virus was detected 36 days after infection. At the same time, sometimes the virus was destroyed by the forces of immunity in 8 days.Most often, the virus was in the body for 20 days.
The other day, a similar study was carried out by the Americans, they also confirmed the survivability of the virus, but they additionally studied the ability of COVID-19 to maintain its qualities in the air. It turned out that a person can become infected in this way within 3 hours, and the virus lives on surfaces for up to 72 hours.
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