Coronavirus lingers in rooms, toilets but disinfectants kill it
Thai cleaners wearing protective masks spraying disinfectant and cleaning passenger seats and handles in the cabin of a skytrain, one of the measures of protection against Covid-19 taken by the Bangkok mass transit system in Bangkok. – EPA pic, March 5, 2020.
NEW research from Singapore published yesterday showed that patients with the novel coronavirus extensively contaminate their bedrooms and bathrooms, underscoring the need to routinely clean high-touch surfaces, basins and toilet bowls. The virus was, however, killed by twice-a-day cleaning of surfaces and daily cleaning of floors with a commonly used disinfectant – suggesting that current decontamination measures are sufficient as long as people adhere to them.
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