According to a new research the novel coronavirus which has claimed over 700 people in China may stay infectious for up to nine days. On an average the virus can survive between four and five days. The Journal of Hospital Infection carried this study. Researchers from the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine at the Greifswald University Hospital in Germany where the study was undertaken say that ‘low temperature and high air humidity can increase their lifespan even more. Precautionary measures are important: Researchers Researchers stress on the fact that since there is no specific therapy against the novel coronavirus the