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===Coronavirus transmission from surfaces=== The new coronavirus can survive on different surfaces for hours or days: *small, airborne virus particles (aerosols) - 3 hours *copper - 4 hours *cardboard - 24 hours *stainless steel - 2 to 3 days *plastic - 2 to 3 days<ref name="stablesurfacesPRMar20">{{Cite web | url = https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces | title = New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces | last = National Institutes of Health | first = | author-link = National Institutes of Health | date = 2020-03-17 | website = National Institutes of Health (NIH)|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2020-03-25}}</ref><ref name="Tellier2006">{{Cite journal | last = Tellier | first = Raymond | author-link = | date = Nov 2006 | title = Review of Aerosol Transmission of Influenza A Virus |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372341/ | journal = Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume = 12 | issue = 11 | pages = 1657β1662|doi=10.3201/eid1211.060426|issn=1080-6040|pmc=3372341|pmid=17283614|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> This means direct contact with an infected person is not needed to contact the illness.<ref name="stablesurfacesPRMar20" /> Surgical [[#facemasks|face masks]] have not been effective against aerosols in previous influenza outbreaks like swine flu, but N95 respirators have been effective.<ref name="Tellier2006" />
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