The coronavirus doesn't last as long on door handles and other non-porous surfaces when it is exposed to sunlight, higher temperatures and humidity, according to a US government study.
"The virus is dying at a much more rapid pace" from exposure to humidity or heat, Bill Bryan, an undersecretary at the Homeland Security Department, said at a White House news conference on Thursday (April 23).
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More than 856,200 people in the US have been infected with the virus and more than 47,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.