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Can covid-19 survive in the washing machine and drier at a laundromat?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

COVID 19: Washing clothes in hot water and soap and then drying should kill COVID 19 virus. However, one should be aware that it could be transmitted from surfaces or from interactions with other people at a luandromat.

Answered 5/2/2020

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