Under conditions of COVID-19 pandemic, considerable amounts of SARS-CoV-2 contained in household, municipal, and medical wastewaters inevitably reach natural water bodies. Possible preservation of virus infectivity in liquid environment is of a paramount epidemiological importance. Experiments demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 is resistant to multiple freezing/thawing cycles and retains its infectivity in tap and river water for up to 2 days at 20°C and 7 days at 4°C. In natural milk, its viability is preserved in a refrigerator for 6 days. The exposure of aquarium fish to the virus-containing water fails to cause any infection.
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Translated from Kletochnye Tekhnologii v Biologii i Meditsine, No. 2, pp. 73-77, June, 2022
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Shelemba, A.A., Kazachkova, E.A., Kononova, Y.V. et al. Cell and Organism Technologies for Assessment of the SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity in Fluid Environment. Bull Exp Biol Med 173, 519–522 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-022-05574-4
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