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What way are you more likely to catch COVID-19?

As far as we know right now, you're more likely to be infected by close contact with an infected person than by touching a contaminated surface.

That said, it’s still important to be conscious of what we’re touching, especially high-touch surfaces, and be careful about cleaning our hands after touching things. For example, public transit or grocery stores and places where there tend to be a lot of people.

The virus is pretty stable on [materials] like plastic and steel – they can persist for a few days. So it’s very possible that someone who’s sick will deposit the virus on to the surface and then somebody else will touch it and touch their face.

Source:theguardian.com...

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