CCP Virus Strain Survives on Fabrics for About 3 Days, Study Finds

A scientist uses a microscope to look at cells containing the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at the Stabilitech laboratory in Burgess Hill south east England on May 15, 2020. Ben Stansall/Getty Images

A new study in the UK has found viruses similar to the strain of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19 can survive on several common fabrics used in the health industry and transmit to other surfaces.

“When the pandemic first started, there was very little understanding of how long coronavirus could survive on textiles,” Microbiologist Dr. Katie Laird at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester said in an interview.