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Send Christmas cards early and disinfect parcels to help protect against coronavirus, say scientists
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dailyrecord.co.ukChristmas cards this festive season should disinfect their parcels and send their post early in order to take extra precautions against coronavirus, say scientists.
Medical experts have reassured that the risk of spreading the virus through the post is “really low”, however laboratory experiments suggest it can live on packaging materials like cardboard for a maximum of 24 hours.Research published by Australia's national science agency CSIRO in October showed the virus can last up to four weeks on mobile phone screens and banknotes, but it has a much shorter survival on porous surfaces like paper.Dr Lena Ciric, who specialises in molecular biology and described her work as "looking at where microbes lurk", recommended sending gifts to.
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