Worried about how long coronavirus can stay on grocery-cart handles? Here, medical professionals advise on how to stay safe from infected surfaces.
Yahoo Lifestyle is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change.It’s been drilled into us by now: Wash your hands multiple times a day to reduce the risk of contracting coronavirus. But what about the dangers of shared surfaces? The counter at the grocery store, the handle on the gas pump, the ATM keypad.
“Droplets can stay on surfaces for several days, increasing the risk of infection,” says Susan Besser, MD, a primary care physician at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. “So, be careful what you toucAccording to the CDC , COVID-19 is mainly spread from person to person through respiratory droplets released when an infected person coughs or sneezes. But the virus can also spread when someone touches an infected surface, then touches their mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes.
SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—can live on pretty much any surface for some amount of time. But some surfaces retain it longer than others. As Rajeev Fernando, MD, an infectious disease expert in Southampton, NY, tells Yahoo Lifestyle, those surface that are frequently touched by many hands are especially risky. This includes door handles, shopping carts at the grocery store, hand rails, and park bench arm rests, he says: “One should be even more wary of these high-touch areas.
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