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Covid-19 virus sticks to cash
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Nakita.id – Pandemic Covid-19 make Moms and Dads advised to further reduce touching anything when in public places.
However, due to technological limitations, Moms and Dads sometimes still have to use cash in some places.
In fact, the Covid-19 virus could stick to cash without Moms and Dads realizing it when making transactions.
However, what is the risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus through big cash?
Previously, the risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus was highest through splashes or droplet from an infected person.
In various studies, Covid-19 virus transmission It can also be through exposed objects.
The Covid-19 virus can stick to inanimate objects around the Moms and Dads environment.
One of those things is the Covid-19 virus sticking to cash when Moms and Dads make transactions.
But, what is the risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus through big cash?
Launching from Kompas.com, a study published in the journal iScience shows that the risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus through cash is very low.
The research was carried out by financial experts at the European Central Bank in collaboration with the Department of Medical and Molecular Virology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
To test how much infectious virus particles could be transmitted from cash to skin, lead researchers, Professors Eike Steinmann and Dr. Daniel Todt, trying to develop a special method.
Researchers used euro coins and banknotes as well as virus solutions with different concentrations as research objects.
Then, the researchers also tested on the surface stainless-steel which serves as a control in each case of transmission through cash.
To see the risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus attached to cash, research was carried out over several days to observe how long the infectious virus could still be detected.
The results of the study, which were published on July 26, revealed that on the surface, stainless-steel, the virus was found to be still infectious after the seventh day.
Different from the surface stainless-steel or stainless steel, on paper Money 10 Euros, the virus completely disappeared in just three days.
The virus was also undetectable after six days on a 10-cent coin, two days on a 1 Euro and an hour on a 5-cent note.
“The rapid decline (occurred) in the 5-cent coin, because (the coin) is made of copper, which is known to be less virus stable,” Todt said.