Can clothes and shoes transmit Covid-19?

COVID-19 can be transmitted via different surfaces that are contaminated with the droplets from an infected person and therefore researchers have displayed signs of concern over coronavirus being spread via shoes and clothes

A catastrophe

The world went in to frenzy when researchers concluded after doing an extensive research experiment that the novel coronavirus can live on different surfaces for even days. For people around the globe that were already terrified of the havoc wreaking pandemic, it was another thing to be afraid of.

Up until then people believed that they can save themselves via wearing masks and not going out  or by cutting off all interactions but when this study came to light, a wave of fear ran among the general population now worried that even touching the wrong surface can land them into unaccounted trouble.

Ways of contracting virus

For those of you who don’t know, the novel coronavirus mainly transmits via person to person by droplets that disperse throughout the air when an infected person sneezes or coughs. Now if the other person has no mask on, they can get affected by the probable ubiquitous presence of COVID in the air.

Your clothes

Now another way through which this infection spreads is if someone touches infected surfaces and then touches their face or nose with the same hands. Same can happen with clothes because the research states that the virus may stay on clothes for up to some hours. If you want to keep the virus away from you and your loved ones then you need to put in some Dettol laundry sanitizer while washing your clothes.

Your shoes

The microfibers of the cloth are known to host germs and the grime and dirt that you see is in fact the very microorganisms that you want to avoid. While we are walking outside and getting busy with our lives we don’t notice that the dirt all around is getting on our clothes and on our shoes. Now when we walk in our home with the same dirty shoes, we are risking contamination that’s why it’s important to clean your shoes with Dettol disinfectant spray right after coming in.

If we have stepped on a surface outside that contains the COVID virus while we were there, our shoes could have easily provided space for coronavirus particles which can then enter into your home if we don’t clean them right after stepping into our living space. The threat is extremely high if you have small children roaming around the place because they crawl on their hands and feet and no matter how careful you are, they will put those hands in their mouth thereby getting exposed to COVID.

So that concludes that there are high chances of clothes and choses transmitting the novel coronavirus but that doesn’t mean that this is the main way through which this virus infects people. If you still have any questions, let us know right away. We’ll be more than happy to help you out.