In today’s rushed and busy world amidst the pandemic, we tend to forget trivial instances that could mean great harm. Surface transmission of the corona viruses is one such. Let me make your perplexed questioned shoulder piece clear with the help of an example. Let’s say you have returned from work/school/shop. You get into your house, but before getting in, you shall open the door to let yourself in and then you close it. You place your mask in a safe shelf and head straight to wash/sanitize your hands. After the long, tiresome day you have experienced, you finally retire to the couch to relax and pull your phone straight out of your pocket. You think you are safe, but you ain’t. Imagine if you had encountered someone accidently sneezing in your work area while you had just returned from your coffee break, but you didn’t realize that when you were using your phone now. What about your clothes itself, the door handle, the keys, the shelf door, the water tap and the soap dish? Your phone, charger, watch, earphones, purse/wallet, handbag, credit cards, paper cash and coins, and if you are schooling, even your notebooks too!
So here, I just attached an idea of an estimated duration of the lifespan of corona viruses on different surfaces. Remember, the virus constantly mutates and evolves, thus the timespan of its survival may be resistive over time. Make sure you at least sanitize your phones and cards and change your clothing. For the money, you can make batches of three or four. Circulate the lot every four to five days so that the next time you take it, it would be devoid of such hazards. Also if you are using glass articles for food, it would be cooperative if you could switch to steel.
Let’s take a final inventiveness (apart from masking, sanitization and social isolation) to get rid of the dangers existing and say a goodbye!
Author : Minu (11th Standard)
Yamalai Kadambu 