Medicine
a year ago

Study finds COVID-19 virus viable on hands of hospitalized children

Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Detection of viable SARS-CoV-2 on the hands of hospitalized children with COVID-19
Meryl Haas, Paola Fürhacker, Jan Hodek, P.A. Stangl, I. Alon, Katharina Kainz, Veronika Fajgelj, Clemens Mädel, Sophia Dotzler, Florian Götzinger, Lucie Ulrychová, Sandra Preuner, Michaela Fortschegger, Dagmar Schinnerl, Christina B. Walter, Klára Obrová, Jan Weber, Angela Zacharasiewicz, Thomas Lion

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The study found that viable SARS-CoV-2 virus can be detected on the hands of hospitalized children with COVID-19. The researchers collected palm swabs from 70 children and found that 71.6% tested positive for the virus. The median viral RNA copy number was 2.8 × 103, with some samples showing concentrations exceeding 1.0 × 105 copies. This suggests that hand contamination may play a role in the indirect transmission of the virus, highlighting the importance of proper hand hygiene to prevent the spread of COVID-19.