Expert: The new coronavirus will not self-replicate and multiply in the external environment

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua)
Xinhua) - Like other viruses, the new coronavirus can only proliferate in human and its host or intermediate host living cells, and will not replicate and multiply itself in the external environment, Shi Guoqing, an expert from the National Health And Health Commission and deputy director of the Emergency Response Center of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference. Therefore, the pollution of the environment and items in the virus will not have an increase in number, once dead or inactivate by disinfectant, there will be no virus that can infect people.
Public places involved in the outbreak, including those where the virus and infected persons work or have been, where the patients and infected persons have been completely isolated, the polluted environment and articles have been cleaned and thoroughly disinfected, and the effects of disinfection have been assessed as qualified, then the environment in public places is safe. Relevant staff after isolation of medical observation and nucleic acid testing, there is no infection, then public places can be reopened, reopened, and other similar public places of daily prevention and control is no different. The public can go with confidence.