Omicron variant can survive up to 21 hours on skin: Study

The Omicron coronavirus variant can survive up to eight days on plastic and 21 hours on skin. - Bloomberg

TOKYO (The Statesman/Asia News Network): The highly contagious Omicron variant can survive up to eight days on plastic and 21 hours on skin - a much longer period of time than other variants of concern like Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, as well as the original strain, according to a study.

The pre-print study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, analysed the differences in viral environmental stability between the Sars-CoV-2 strain first detected in Wuhan and all variants of concern (VOCs).