We all know that novel coronavirus is a relatively new infectious virus, which can be transmitted in many ways, such as air transmission, contact transmission and droplet transmission. Can novel coronavirus be transmitted through hair? Let's take a look at it!
Can novel coronavirus be transmitted through hair?
Don't worry too much. According to the research conclusion that SARS virus can survive for 2-3 days on the surface of plastic, glass, mosaic, metal, cloth, copy paper and other objects, we speculate that the virus may also survive for 2-3 days in hair.
Because the hair is a non absorbent material, it is speculated that the droplets containing the virus will not be infectious in the hair for more than an hour.
So, you don't have to worry too much about bringing it to bed, but just to be on the safe side.
Don't bother to wash your hair or wear a hat. Remember to disinfect the cap accordingly.
Novel coronavirus is vulnerable to infection. Door handle, mobile phone, telephone, mouse and keyboard, light switch, faucet switch, remote control button, toilet, etc. are easy to be polluted areas, which may cause potential indirect transmission risk.
The disinfection for different areas was also different
Mobile phone, keyboard
After washing your hands at home, wipe and clean your mobile phone with a disinfectant wipes. Pay attention to disinfecting wipes, not ordinary wipes.
Keyboard, mouse, light switch, etc
You can refer to the cleaning method of mobile phone and wipe it with disinfectant wipes.
floor
Disinfect with disinfectant. The disinfectant can be configured according to the product manual.
When choosing disinfectant, the products with "Xiaowei license" license number on the back should be selected.
water tap
If have virus on the hand, turn off faucet after washing one's hands, can infect again. Should also pay attention to the tap cleaning in hand washing.
closestool
After going to the toilet, you should close the lid and press the flush button. Flush the toilet lid regularly.
Wash hands with hand sanitizer and flowing water after going to the toilet and flushing the toilet.
What are the weaknesses of novel coronavirus?
Weakness one: novel coronavirus is not resistant to high concentration of alcohol
In the novel coronavirus novel coronavirus, the new type of coronavirus is not resistant to alcohol. It will kill quickly and lose its infection in a certain concentration of alcohol. However, the concentration of alcohol to reach more than 75%, that is to achieve medical grade.
Besides alcohol, novel coronavirus can be killed by chlorine containing disinfectants.
Weakness two: novel coronavirus is not resistant to high temperature
Novel coronavirus is not resistant to high temperatures, as experts have discovered. They survive well at low temperatures, but their activity decreases with increasing temperature. When the temperature is above 56 ℃, they lose their activity and infectivity. When the heat lasts about half an hour, they are completely killed. Therefore, we must cook the food thoroughly before eating.
Weakness three: novel coronavirus is not resistant to ultraviolet radiation
In our daily life, ultraviolet is a common disinfection method. The novel coronavirus is also effective against many viruses. The novel coronavirus can be killed with ultraviolet rays for 10 minutes.
Weakness 4: the time to survive in the air is relatively short
The novel coronavirus can only survive for about 2 hours in the air after leaving the host, the study found. Maybe many people think: 2 hours is short? We can't look at absolute values, we have to look at relative values. The novel coronavirus survived less time than the other infectious viruses, like the H1N1, which survived for 24 hours in the air.
How to determine whether to go to a hospital or not
On the one hand, we suggest that if young people do not have too many basic diseases, no recent contact history in epidemic areas, and no clear contact history of suspected or confirmed cases, then there is no need to panic for some upper respiratory symptoms. Because at present, it is winter and spring, which is the season with the highest incidence of upper respiratory tract infection. On average, everyone has several colds every year, which is a very normal situation.
So if your physical condition allows, in fact, home observation, rest, drinking water, ensure nutritional support, do a good job of window ventilation. Once there is an aggravation of the disease, it is completely in time to see a doctor again. It is not necessary to go to the hospital just after respiratory symptoms appear. On the other hand, for some elderly patients or patients with a lot of basic diseases, there is no need to delay the medical treatment because of the panic in the hospital.
Therefore, if you can have certain assurance, you can reduce going to the hospital in the current situation. But if you really need to see a doctor, or if you can't judge the severity of the disease yourself, you should be active when you need to see a doctor.
