Table 1.

Half-life of the SARS-CoV-2 in the different materials, objects and tools.

Materials, objects and tools	Ref	Half-life of the SARS-CoV-2	The possible surfaces or points which are made by the materials or include the objects and toolsa
Plastics	[89,90]	5.3–6.8 hours	Door handles, public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, public elevators, and public washrooms.
Polypropylene	[91]	9.02, 4.51, 28.75, 75.54 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall and winter conditions, respectively	Door handles, public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, public elevators, and public washrooms.
Stainless steel	[91,92]	3.41–70.6 hours. In 54,5 °C, the half-life is 10.8 ± 3.0 min	Door handles, public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, public elevators, and public washrooms.
Galvanized steel	[91]	6.93, 4.19, 24.22, 67.21 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall and winter conditions, respectively.	Door handles, public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, public elevators, and public washrooms.
Urine	[93]	7.89–57.73 hours	Public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, and public washrooms.
Glass	[91]	9.6, 5.58, 27.34, 92.03 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall, and winter, respectively	Public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, and public washrooms.
Aerosol	[89]	1.1–1.2 hours	Public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, local markets, and public washrooms.
Nitrile gloves – outer surface	[91]	11.56, 4.42, 22.94, and 85.71 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall, and winter condition, respectively	Hospitals or medical centers
Tyvek	[91]	9.36, 4.57, 31.82, and 90.59 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall, and winter condition, respectively	Public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, and public washrooms.
N95 mask	[91]	9.01, 4.4, 27.77, and 106.37 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall, and winter condition, respectively	Hospitals and medical centers
Cloth	[91]	3.5, 2.99, 19.94, and 47,94 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall, and winter condition, respectively	Public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, public transports, local markets, and public washrooms.
Rubber	[91]	11.33, 5.03, 28.27, and 115.74 hours under indoor, summer, spring/fall, and winter condition, respectively	Hospitals or medical centers
Wastewater	[94]	0.49 day (high titer), 0.64 day (low titer). 4.6 minutes (high titer) on 50 °C wastewater and 0.6 minute (high titer) on 70 °C wastewater	Wastewater plants, public washrooms
Tap water	[94]	0.59 day (high titer)	Public toilets, hospitals or medical centers, factories and industrial zones, and public washrooms

^aListed by the authors of this paper.