The COVID-19 coronavirus has infected more than 16 million people around the world and claimed the lives of over 650,000. Scientists have rushed to meticulously study the virus and its methods of transmission in attempt to find treatments and ultimately a cure and a vaccine. New info about the virus is discovered everyday.

Here are 5 strange facts we know about the coronavirus:

1. SURVIVES HEAT UP TO A POINT
The coronavirus can survive long exposure to high temperatures, according to a French study. While high temperatures significantly reduced effectiveness of the coronavirus, it was still able to replicate, i.e. capable of starting another round of infection in its host. Only when the scientists heated the virus at a temperature of 92 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes was COVID-19 completely deactivated.

2. SURVIVES COLD FOR LONG
It can survive up to 2 years below freezing temperatures, according to a medical expert from the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in the UAE. “Research into similar coronavirus strains has shown that, in general, coronaviruses are stable in freezing temperatures and have been shown to survive for up to 2 years at minus 20 degrees Celsius,” explained Dr. Mohamad Mooty, Department Chair, Infectious Diseases, Medical Subspecialty Institute, at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

3. CAN LIVE IN THE HUMAN EYE
The coronavirus can live in a patient’s eye for days after it is no longer detected in the nose, according to a Chinese study.

4. TALKING LOUDLY SPREADS COVID-19 DROPLETS IN AIR
Fluid droplets ejected from people’s mouths when talking loudly in confined spaces could result in the virus remaining in the air for up to 14 minutes, according to a US study. Researchers found that loud speech can emit thousands of oral fluid droplets per second.

5. SURVIVES ON CERTAIN SURFACES
The virus can survive from 3 hours up to several days on some surfaces, depending on the material, according to Cleveland clinic:

Glass: 5 days
Wood: 4 days
Plastic and stainless-steel: 3 days
Cardboard: 24 hours
Copper: 4 hours

SOURCE (abridged/updated): https://english.alarabiya.net/en/coronavirus/2020/05/15/Strange-coronavirus-facts-Survives-heat-cold-lives-in-eyes-lasts-long-on-surfaces

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