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Can you get covid 19 from ordering food if you disposed really well of the containers and ate the rice and food after transferring to a clean plate ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Very unlikely: COVID 19 is not a foodborne illness. It is primarily transferred by droplets .

Answered 5/25/2020

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