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Sunlight Renders Coronavirus Inactive 8 Times Faster Than Predicted

Summary by Cindy Olmstead
  • April 05, 2021

For nearly a year scientists have known that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is inactivated by UV light in under 20 minutes. A second study showed that it was three times more sensitive to sunlight than influenza A, with the COVID virus becoming inactive within 30 minutes under midday summer sun. A new experiment, however, shows that sunlight actually renders the COVID virus inactive EIGHT times faster than the scientists initially predicted. “The findings suggest UVA...