According to latest research, Coronavirus can survive one the surface of your smartphone screen up to 96 h.

Topic might not be connected with cryptocurrency at the first sight, but you will think different when you realize how many times you read posts on Publish0x or check the charts of your favourite cryptos on your smartphone after you return from wherever you have been during the day. Don't think that wearing a mask and washing hands more often should be the only habits during pandemic.

Studies show that virus is likely to live on many of the surfaces, sometimes for several days. That includes glass that covering screens of our smartphones. Rudra Channappanavar, an immunologist who has studied coronaviruses at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, carried a research that involved 94 people. They were using theirs smartphones roughly 2600 times per day. After four days of this research it turns out that virus can survive on smartphone screen up to 96 hours at room temperature.

Channappanavar says that You might not even have to had any direct contact with other people and yet it's still a probabilty for you to get infected with virus through the surface of your smartphone.

Furthermore, another study shows that people touch their faces about 23 times per hour or 368 during a single day. That creates even a higher risk to get infected by coronavirus. Now, when most governments impose quarantines in their citizens, the tendency of using our smartphones is even  higher. Just think now how many times a day you are touching your eyes or mouth after touching a screen of your phone.

So how to protect yourself ? It's simple, just remember to not only to wash hands more often but also to sanitize a screen of your phone. Remember though to turn it off first, just in case ! During a cleaning, be careful not to wet your charging port or other important parts of your phone. The best way will be to spray disinfectant on a peace of cloth and carefully clean your phone. Spraying disinfectant directly on your screen may damage your smartphone. A smartphone's display can also be disinfected by an alcohol-based solution. But you need to remember that alcohol is not really the best thing for your phone’s screen. Harsh chemicals can cause damage to your phone’s outer coating.

So that's will be all from me. Remember to clean the screens of your smartphones ! And remember to do it even when coronovirus will be dealt with soon or later because there still may be tons of bacteria laying at your screen. Take care all of you. :)