Can you catch the coronavirus from cash?

Health & Beauty
Published on Mar 21, 2020
As officials work to contain the coronavirus, some are wondering, "Can you catch COVID-19 from handling cash?" When you stop to think about it there are many, many hands and places that cash comes in contact with on a daily basis. And yes, the experts tell us what some of us might expect, diseases and viruses such as COVID-19 can be transmittable through, fomites: surfaces that have been handled by an infected person. "Viruses will survive and there are viruses, in general, survive on surfaces different amounts of time," said Dr. Jonathan Stallkamp of Main Line Health.
READ MORE: https://6abc.com/health/can-you-catch-covid-19-from-cash/5998611/