Can the virus be picked up by touching objects like door handles, elevator buttons or keypads?
Until recently it was thought that the virus could only survive on a dry surface for a short time possibly an hour or two. Now tests done by the CDC the Center for Disease Control in the US – have shown that the virus can live for at least 24 hours. Other labs familiar with animal corona viruses say that some can live for many days in such circumstances. They become reactivated when exposed to moisture. Can SARS be transmitted in an airliner? Yes that is possible. I think it is worth quoting in some detail from a recent WHO analysis of the problem as the issue potentially affects many of us. WHO reports “The number of flights during which transmission of SARS may have occurred remains at four. The total number of cases resulting from exposure during these four flights has been revised to 27. One flight alone, CA112, which flew from Hong Kong to Beijing on 15 March, is now know to have accounted for 22 of the 27 cases. WHO is aware of an additional 31 flights with symptomatic probable S
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