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Doctors Warn Coronavirus' Sticky Little Secret Can Kill You

A medical illustration of the COVID-19 virus (Sakda Vongtang/Dreamstime.com)

By    |   Tuesday, 24 March 2020 02:05 PM EDT

The fatty coating protecting the virus that causes COVID-19 lends it an uncanny ability to adhere to surfaces and survive there for days before infecting a host, researchers warn.

Unfortunately for humanity, they add the virus is especially sticky on human skin.

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Tuesday, 24 March 2020 02:05 PM
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