How Long Does Covid 19 Survive On Clothes. A viewer wrote news 8 an email asking if you've gone out shopping, can the virus live inside the car or on your clothes. As per the study, if the conditions are conducive, the virus may survive on hard surfaces like those on plastic and metal for about 72 hours or 3 days.
Some studies on other coronaviruses, including sars and mers, found they can survive on metal, glass and plastic for as long as nine days, unless they are properly disinfected. It was found that viable virus couldn’t be recovered from cloth after 2. While researchers found that the virus can remain on some surfaces for up to 72 hours, the study didn't include fabric.