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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4227636, member: 56653"]All news I got seems to point that packages and mail are safe and that the virus does not survive for long neither on the package nor inside a normal package. So basically direct contact seems to be mandatory, which is why gatherings and events have restrictions and/or have been cancelled.</p><p><br /></p><p>FEDEX takes usually 3-4 days and if the employees sorting and manipulating the mail wear protection and the basic transport conditions are not conducive of the virus, the time would be enough for the virus to crumble (?) -- here are some conflicting views, as the virus could become inactive in the first hours on a basic plastic surface (or even earlier on paper), or it could still be active 7 to 9 days. Which is somewhat strange considering that there is no declared infection related to packages and mail until now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure what to make of this as I have no knowledge in microbiology and virology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4227636, member: 56653"]All news I got seems to point that packages and mail are safe and that the virus does not survive for long neither on the package nor inside a normal package. So basically direct contact seems to be mandatory, which is why gatherings and events have restrictions and/or have been cancelled. FEDEX takes usually 3-4 days and if the employees sorting and manipulating the mail wear protection and the basic transport conditions are not conducive of the virus, the time would be enough for the virus to crumble (?) -- here are some conflicting views, as the virus could become inactive in the first hours on a basic plastic surface (or even earlier on paper), or it could still be active 7 to 9 days. Which is somewhat strange considering that there is no declared infection related to packages and mail until now. Not sure what to make of this as I have no knowledge in microbiology and virology.[/QUOTE]
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