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With the huge coronavirus outbreak in italy, which foods shipped from italy should we avoid, or maybe store the foods and wait a month before eating?
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Goods: Survival on surfaces for COVID is estimated at days only. In general, this is not one of the ways this virus is transmitted and as such no specific recommendations are made. Worst case scenario, good hand hygiene will take care of the rest.
Answered 3/15/2020
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