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When you buy, groceries do you need to clean the cans to wipe off any coronavirus?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Personal choice: COVID 19 virus can live on different types of metal and paper for varying lengths of time. Touching contaminated surfaces is a lesser cause of transmission but it is one way to safeguard yourself even more.

Answered 5/16/2020

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