Coronavirus can survive on hard surfaces such as phone screens for up to a week and offers a potential route of infection, scientists warn. Scroll down for videoCoronavirus can survive on hard surfaces such as phone screens for up to a week and offers a potential route of infection, scientists warn. Boris Johnson today revealed the Government's 'battle plan' for coronavirus outbreak which could see police ignore low-level crime if coronavirus takes hold in the UK. There is potential to catch the virus from a phone screen but it is far more likely to be passed via human-to-human contact. Twelve more coronavirus cases were diagnosed in the UK today, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the number of cases had jumped overnight to 51.

Source: Daily Mail March 03, 2020 17:39 UTC