THE coronavirus may remain in the air for at least thirty minutes and cover a distance of approximately 4.5 metres in closed environments, such as, for example, a small bus, much more than security of one or two metres recommended by health authorities in various parts of the world. Support a study of epidemiologists in chinese, published in the scientific journal Practical Preventive Medicinecitato and quoted by South China Morning Post, according to which the coronavirus, as already emerged in recent weeks from other studies, can remain for days on surfaces, increasing the risk of comparison to anyone touching them.