Omicron is considered more contagious than other types of corona virus.
It has now been revealed that it is also able to survive longer on plastic and skin than previous types.
This was revealed in a medical study conducted in Japan.
In this study, laboratory tests discovered that Omicron type can survive longer on plastic surfaces and on human skin than other types.
According to research, this type of improved environmental stability maintains its ability to be contagious and as a result, Omicron was able to replace the delta and spread at lightning speed.
The study found that the average lifespan of Alpha, Gemma and Delta, the original strains of the corona virus on plastic surfaces, was 56 hours, 191.3 hours, 156.6 hours, 59.3 hours and 114 hours, respectively.
In comparison, Omicron time was discovered to be 193.5 hours.
The average lifespan of the original virus in skin samples was 8.6 hours, compared to 19.6 hours for alpha, 19.1 hours for beta, 11 hours for gamma, 16.8 hours for delta and 21.1 hours for Omicron .
But research has also found that all types of viruses can be completely reversed in 15 seconds with the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
The researchers said that in view of this, special care should be taken for hand hygiene as advised by the World Health Organization.
The results of this study have not yet been published in any medical journal but have been published in the preprint server bioRxiv.
Earlier, research published in the medical journal Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases stated that the corona virus can survive on human skin for up to 9 hours, compared to the flu-causing virus that lasts up to 2 hours on human skin.
Fortunately, hand sanitizers or hand sanitizers kill both viruses immediately.
According to research, the virus can spread more through direct contact because it is more stable on the skin than the flu virus.
The researchers say the discovery reinforces the notion that proper hand hygiene is important to prevent the virus from spreading.
The virus infects the respiratory system and is spread by airborne particles that are excreted through the cough or sneeze of an infected person that fall on the nose or mouth of a nearby person or inhale while breathing.
But someone is also at risk of being infected when they touch the surface of an object that has these viral particles on it and then touch their mouth, nose or eyes.
