Not confirmed if coronavirus won't survive during summer: Govt

March 12, 2020 17:23

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that it is generally expected that coronavirus may have difficulty in surviving in higher temperatures but it is not confirmed.

"All facts about it are still being studied. There are no confirmatory studies. It is generally expected that the virus, if it is in higher temperatures, may have difficulty in surviving, but it is not confirmed," said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health.

Aggarwal said right now for India there's no community transmission, there are only a few cases that have come from outside and they have primarily affected their close kin.

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