Virus levels low on surfaces in COVID-19 patients’ hospital rooms
A US study finds that less than 6% of samples taken from rooms in a dedicated coronavirus unit are positive
The rate of contamination of surfaces in dedicated hospital units for COVID-19 patients is low, US researchers report.
Of the 347 individual samples collected from the rooms of 20 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, less than 6% were positive, the authors report.
