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The terrifying speed of coronavirus

10 June 2020 - 06:02 By TANYA FARBER
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Scientists examined how fast a disease like coronavirus spreads.
Scientists examined how fast a disease like coronavirus spreads.
Image: 123RF/Jarun Ontakrai

It took 10 hours for a virus like Covid-19 to spread from a hospital bed rail to the whole ward.

And it stayed there for five days, a new study reveals.

 

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