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Coronavirus can Survive Long Exposure to High Temperature

The new coronavirus can survive long exposure to high temperatures, according to an experiment by a team of French scientists. Professor Remi Charrel and colleagues at the Aix-Marseille University in southern France heated the virus that causes Covid-19 to 60 degrees Celsius (140 Fahrenheit) for an hour and found that some strains were still able to replicate.

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This is What COVID-19 Does to Your Body That Makes It So Deadly

COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They’re named for the bulb-tipped spikes that project from the virus’s surface and give the appearance of a corona surrounding it.

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