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COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?

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  • Dyani Lewis

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The coronavirus behind the pandemic can linger on doorknobs and other surfaces, but these aren’t a major source of infection.

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  • Dyani Lewis, 2021. "COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?," Nature, Nature, vol. 590(7844), pages 26-28, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:590:y:2021:i:7844:d:10.1038_d41586-021-00251-4
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-00251-4
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    7. Jiarui Han & Wanxin Li & Xiangru Zhang, 2024. "An effective and rapidly degradable disinfectant from disinfection byproducts," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    8. Daniel Stefan Armeanu & Stefan Cristian Gherghina & Jean Vasile Andrei & Camelia Catalina Joldes, 2022. "Modeling the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak on environment, health sector and energy market," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(5), pages 1387-1416, October.
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