Scientists around the world are building up their knowledge
about the coronavirus, as they frantically search for a cure and vaccine.
The virus, first reported in Wuhan, China last December, has
killed over 300,000 people worldwide.
It has also infected over 4.5million people.
Everyday, scientists build up a dossier on the virus as they
unlock new information.
Here are five strange facts now known about the virus:
1. Survives heat up
to a point
The coronavirus can survive long exposure to high
temperatures, according to a French study.
While the high temperatures significantly reduced the
effectiveness of the coronavirus, it was still able to replicate, that is
capable of starting another round of infection in its host.
However, when the coronavirus is heated at a temperature of
92 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes, it was completely deactivated.
2. Survives cold for
long
The coronavirus can survive up to two years at below
freezing temperatures, according to a medical expert from the Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi in the UAE.
“Research into similar coronavirus strains has shown that,
in general, coronaviruses are stable in freezing temperatures and have been
shown to survive for up to two years at -20 degrees Celsius,” explained Dr. Mohamad
Mooty.
Mooty is the Department Chair, Infectious Diseases, Medical
Subspecialty Institute, at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
3. Can live in the
human eye
The coronavirus can live in a patient’s eye for days after
it is no longer detected in the nose, according to a Chinese study.
4.Talking loudly
spreads COVID-19 droplets in air
Fluid droplets ejected from people’s mouths when talking
loudly in confined spaces could result in the coronavirus remaining in the air
for up to 14 minutes, according to a US study.
Researchers have found that loud speech can emit thousands
of oral fluid droplets per second.
5.Survives on certain
surfaces
The coronavirus can survive three hours and up to several
days on some surfaces, depending on the material, according to Cleveland
clinic.
Glass: 5 days
Wood: 4 days
Plastic and stainless-steel: 3 days
Cardboard: 24 hours
Copper: 4 hours
*Culled from Alarabiya
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