In the New England Journal of Medicine , researchers have shown that Covid-19 lasts 4 hours on copper and the metal used for our coins, 24 hours on cardboard , three days on plastic, four days on wood and steel, five days on glass and even almost three hours in ambient air. So much for the reminder and the need not to mess around with barrier gestures and traditional hygiene rules.
Another sticking point right now is food.
The ANSES (National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety) has therefore studied the potential transmission of the virus via food. "Contamination of an animal being unlikely , the possibility of direct transmission of the virus through food from a contaminated animal has been ruled out by experts concludes the study.
In contrast, "an infected person can contaminate food by preparing or handling it ". Hence the importance of systematically washing the fruits and vegetables that you buy and of directly throwing away the packaging of the products before putting them in the refrigerator.
ANSES, which also advises cooking food for at least four minutes at 63°C; a process for dividing the risk of contamination of a food product by 10,000 . A reminder made by doctor Michel Cymes this Thursday on RTL. Paf's best-known doctor who, to illustrate his point, used the example of the bread that we will buy daily, thus inviting us to put it in the oven for a while before eating it.
Michel Cymes who repeated it, everything is decided at the time of the races. So“ Push the door of the bakery with the shoulder, the foot, the elbow, the knee, the buttocks, what you want, but not the hand! Because that's how you catch the bread...", he said. And to conclude with a more reassuring statement regarding contamination by shopping: "Objectively the risk is not huge, but it is not zero".
