The research effort aims to paint a picture of how the virus moves through our world.
The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, scientific tests have found.
From there, genetic analysis works a little like carbon dating, examining the condition of the genetic code inside viruses to see how much it had already deteriorated at the moment the sample was taken. The more degradation detected, the longer the virus was likely present on a surface. In locations where novel coronavirus turns up in samples, a research team will follow up with additional focused testing to corroborate initial findings.
“We can actually quantify what is the risk of getting infected through the environment,” Vaidya said. “If we know the risk of the environment, then we can develop the dynamics model, at a population level, of how this virus is spread including both direct transmission and environmental transmission.”
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