Is it safe to get food delivered? Can you catch coronavirus from the packaging? Will it survive on the surface of your takeout?

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It's still safe to get food delivered amid the coronavirus pandemic. There is no evidence that coronavirus is transmitted from food or food packaging, according to the FDA.

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As the coronavirus tightens its grip on the U.S., many states have ordered restaurants to close for eat-in customers and switch to takeout only. But with the influx of deliveries, how safe is it to order food as we’re trying to halt the spread of a highly contagious illness?

“There is currently little scientific information about the survival of the COVID-19 on the surface of open food,” the FDA said. “Work with similar viruses shows that some food surfaces don’t allow the virus to survive at all, but some do.” “The virus that causes COVID-19 has also been detected in the stool of certain people. So we currently cannot rule out the possibility of the infection being transmitted through food by an infected person who has not thoroughly washed their hands,” according to researchers at Harvard Medical School. “In the case of hot food, the virus would likely be killed by cooking. This may not be the case with uncooked foods like salads or sandwiches.

“ Last week, Instacart saw a 25% increase in “leave at my door” deliveries, a company spokeswoman said. ” Others like Uber Eats US:UBER, DoorDash and Grubhub US:GRUB encourage customers to contact their delivery person in advance with instructions to limit contact. Chapman encourages people, especially those who are immuno-compromised, to take advantage of contactless delivery. “All they really have to worry about is what’s on the package, and we know that if they wash their hands before eating there’s a really low chance they can get the virus.”

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aklen If you believe FDA, you should bellerive that Tr ump will open country at eastern. 😂😂😂

That's bogus, my husband was at a donut shop last month and watched the server sneeze into another customer's box and then proceed to put the donuts in. We haven't gone to a food establishment since.

As I heard, the virus can stay on plastic up to 3 day and 24-48 hr on paper

I been taking extreme measures before these articles came out.

But it survives for days on surfaces?

ive read it and seen it in the news multiple times the virus stays on surfaces for days at a time. does food not have a 'surface', how about its 'packaging'

Well why then CDC says it survives 9 days on plastic and metal and on other materials two days? It depends what’s in the mail I guess

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