Can covid survive on banknotes? ATM:Cash is low risk Bank of England study

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Can coronavirus survive on banknotes?
Concerns that cash can be a potential carrier of bacteria or viruses is nothing new; there is a small body of scientific literature that has looked at the ability of pathogens (primarily bacteria) to survive on banknotes and coins. Bacteria and viruses are present on a wide variety of surfaces that people come into contact with in everyday life; cash is just one of those many surfaces.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/quarterly-bulletin/2020/2020-q4/cash-in-the-time-of-covid

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