Good question. Here is the study:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e3.htm?s_cid=mm6912e3_w
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Exactly! Doesn’t say it survived!
SARS-CoV-2 RNA was identified on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins were vacated on the Diamond Princess
Look at the study and the graphic at the bottom of the infected cruise ships. This virus went EVERYWHERE at breakneck speed. ALL. OVER. THE. WORLD.
My antennae keep twitching that this was a bio-weapon experiment that China initiated.
...Although these data cannot be used to determine whether transmission occurred from contaminated surfaces, further study of fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 aboard cruise ships is warranted.So fomite transmission might or might not have occurred in the past. What testing was done of samples from the ship right after they were obtained?