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What, if any, is the risk of contracting this coronavirus via objects one handles, specifically, products shipped here from china, such as amazon purchases? are there precautions one should take?
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Minimal risk: The virus survives outside living cells only from few hours to few days, so any virus on shipped products is most likely dead. General precautions, such as good hand washing, are always recommended.
Answered 5/7/2020
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