Omicron Latest News: Omicron can survive on plastic surface for 8 days, what did scientists say about the skin?

Tokyo: The Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease can survive on a plastic surface for up to eight days. Scientists have told that Omicron on Skin remains active on the skin for 21 hours. Living on different surfaces for the longest time is believed to be the main reason for Omicron being most contagious. The study was carried out by researchers from the Prefectural University of Medicine in Kyoto, Japan. The World Health Organization has already described the Omicron variant as dangerous. Apart from America, Britain, this variant has been attributed to the increase in cases of corona in many European countries.

Omicron lasts longer
Researchers at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine compared the ability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to survive on different surfaces in a form found in Wuhan with other severe forms. The researchers found that the alpha, beta, delta and omicron variants can stay on the skin and plastic coating for more than twice as long as the Wuhan variants of the virus. This is the reason that the rate of infection from these variants has been recorded much higher than the original variant found in Wuhan, China. However, this study has not been reviewed at this time.

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Omicron lifespan longer than all variants
The researchers reported that the Wuhan form can survive on plastic surfaces for an average of 56 hours, compared to 191.3 hours, 156.6 hours, 59.3 hours, 114 hours and 193.5 hours for the alpha, beta, gamma, delta and ohmicron forms, respectively. Hours are counted. According to the researchers, the Wuhan form on the skin is able to last for 8.6 hours. At the same time, the alpha form can survive for 19.6 hours, the beta form 19.1 hours, the gamma form 11 hours, the delta form 16.8 hours and the Omicron form 21.1 hours.

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