Government tests show sunlight rapidly destroys the CCP virus, according to a Department of Homeland Security science and technology report.
“Sunlight destroys the virus quickly,” the report states.
Researchers simulated sunlight and found it greatly increased the inactivation rate of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, a novel coronavirus that emerged from mainland China last year, on surfaces relative to darkness.
The half-life of the virus was 2 minutes with full solar intensity, or similar to New York City or the District of Columbia during a clear day on summer solstice.
“Sunlight reduced infectious virus to undetectable levels after just 3 minutes of exposure to the solar equivalent of midday sun on a sunny day in the middle latitudes of the U.S.,” researchers wrote.
Half solar intensity killed the virus in 3 minutes while quarter intensity, equivalent to a clear day at the end of February, inactivated it in 4 minutes.
Wow. Less than 4 minutes! I knew sunshine kills virus and bacteria but no idea it was that fast.
Thank you for posting.
Perhaps our society needs to totally rethink how nursing homes and care centers are designed.