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Handling Cash Amid COVID-19 - A 1mg Guide PDF
Handling Cash Amid COVID-19 - A 1mg Guide PDF
Reference:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8088067/Coronavirus-spread-cash-warns-WHO.html
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Fact Check
Reference:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/who-we-did-not-say-that-cash-was-transmitting-coronavirus-2020-03-06
No direct/ indirect mention of any cash-related question on either CDC or WHO:
https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses
https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/faq_dec12/en/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#basics
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Connecting the dots
As per the WHO*, novel coronavirus may persist on surfaces for
a few hours or up to several days. Furthermore, WHO has advised
that if you think a surface may be infected, clean it with a simple
disinfectant.
References:
*https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses
**Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE-
JMc2004973
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How can cash act as
a vehicle of virus?
References:
*https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses
**Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE-
JMc2004973
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Takeaways
References:
RBI Press release as on March 16, 2020.
https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/PressRelease/PDFs/PR206985CFFC80D8FB4308979D9326BB3692AE.PDF
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What’s the way out?