SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor environments is predominantly non-infectious.

Janina Krambrich Dario Akaberi Jiaxin Ling Tove HoffmanLennart SvenssonMarie HagbomÅke Lundkvist

Published in: Virology journal (2021)

Our results show that even in places where a moderate concentration (Ct values between 30 and 38) of SARS-CoV-2 RNA was found; no infectious virus could be detected. This suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the hospital environment subsides in two states; as infectious and as non-infectious. Future work should investigate the reasons for the non-infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 virions.

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