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National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases: New Coronavirus Stable for Hours on Surfaces
March 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the following news release:

The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA and Princeton University scientists in The New England Journal of Medicine. The scientists found that severe acute respirator . . .

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