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I recently bought some shoes and bags from italy. should i be worried about coronavirus being transmitted on their surfaces?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Probably not: By the time they arrived to your door any COVID19 virus should have died, if indeed there was any virus on the surface of the shoes and bags to begin with. If you are overly concerned, removed them from their packaging and expose the items to sunlight and fresh air for a day...
Answered 4/19/2020
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Not likely: Surface contamination is not a major form of transmission for COVID 19. By the time your shoes and bags were exported from Italy and arrived in the US, any surface contamination with COVID 19 would likely have died.
Answered 5/28/2020
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