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While the Covid-19 virus can survive on various surfaces from hours up to days, the Food Safety and Quality Department of the Ministry of Health (KKM) says there is not enough evidence that points to plastic or cardboard surfaces of food packaging causing an infection.
Instead, studies found that Covid-19 is transmitted mainly through close physical contact and respiratory droplets.
What WHO says
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Cleaning and Disinfection of Environmental Surfaces in the Context of Covid-19 Interim Guidance published 15 May 2020 cited that the virus could remain viable on cloth and wood for 1 day, on glass for up to 2 days, on stainless glass and plastic for up to 4 days, and up to 7 days on the outer layer of a medical mask.