Is it safe to receive a letter or a package from China?
2020-02-26 10:30The World Health Organization (WHO) said it is safe to receive a letter or a package from China. Is it safe to receive a letter or a package from China?
Yes, it is safe. People receiving packages from China are not at risk of contracting 2019n-CoV. From previous analysis, we know coronaviruses do not survive long on objects, such as letters or packages,” WHO tweeted.
Medical experts say the Coronavirus can only survive on inanimate objects for a few hours, maybe a day or two in perfect laboratory conditions.
"The time it would take to get here would be plenty of time for the virus to lose its viability," Infectious Diseases Director Kris Ehresmann says.
And according to FedEx, the fastest a package could get to Minnesota from China is about four days.
So, doing some basic math, even under the perfect conditions, the virus wouldn't be able to survive long enough to get you sick.
"If you set up the perfectly bad scenario where you ordered your favorite thing from China and the person who packaged it sneezed on the box, by the time it got to you in Minnesota the virus would not be a concern," Ehresmann says.
