Is It Dangerous To Order A Package From China Due To Coronavirus?

Are you afraid to order a package from China due to coronavirus? China is in big crisis now. So we are. The coronavirus is spreading around the world, and more than 2,923,821 people are infected worldwide. 203,319 people Deaths and 837,711 cured. But the infected rates are still arising.

And there is a separate set of people who are panicked with the current situation, online buyers. The truth is China is the number one online seller. With the current situation, “Is it dangerous to order a package from China now due to coronavirus?”

What is coronavirus and how it spreads? 

Everything starts from china. authorities believed the first case happen on December 31 last year, and China alerted the World health organization to some examples of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province in central China, home for 11 million people. Coronavirus is a new respiratory disease showing the symptoms of the common cold, running nose, sore throat, or fever.

Other than in China, COVID-19 is affecting 210 countries and territories around the world

So is is safe to order a package from China due to coronavirus ?

But you’re probably wondering about the package and aliexpress or eBay orders yet to come. If we consider online shopping, more than 80% of the sellers are in China, which gives you goosebumps now. There are so many memes on social media showing the packages carrying coronavirus on it. It may be hilarious and funny to see for some people but for the ones who did online ordering scared to death. 

So it is so important to know “How the coronavirus is spreading” and “Is it dangerous to order packages from China”. 

Coronavirus can spread through direct and indirect contact with the virus. Direct contact can be happening by contact with the infected person’s oral secretions. Indirect contact can be happening by sneezing, coughing, and the droplets are spreading over physical contactable surfaces. Touching objects with virus on it, then touching your mouth or nose is the cause of infecting. Inhaling the air sneezing or coughing of an infected person is the leading cause. Rarely, coronavirus can be spread through faecal contamination. 

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THE LIFETIME OF CORONAVIRUS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURFACES

New researches by epidemiologists on a lifetime of coronavirus found the approximated lifetime of coronavirus on different types of surfaces. This is a very dangerous situation because if they can survive on the surfaces, the risk of transmitting COVID-19 is high. We are usually touching the surfaces, and the surfaces might contain COVID-19.

Then the infected person will experience the following symptoms. 

• Runny nose
• Headache
• Caugh
• Sore throat
• Fever
• Feeling unwell

Then the infected person gradually loses his immunity and start pneumonia or bronchitis conditions. If the immune system is not strong enough to control the situation, the infected person dies. The global public health is working on with antibiotics, various treatments and anti-viruses for coronavirus. 

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Is it safe to have online orders from China?

No offence that most of our online orders are from China. 

So the question is, what if a Chinese person cough or sneeze over your online order?

Think about it. No wonder if you are scared now. 

But, viruses cannot last long without a host. Coronavirus only can survive for 48-72 hours maximum in untreated surfaces at room temperature. Coronavirus can degrade in higher temperatures. Typically no virus can survive dryness for more long. Most of the online orders take more than 15 days to arrive. So, there is 0.00001% risk of having coronavirus inside your online orders. We cannot certainly say that coronavirus present at the moment your order is packed. In the meantime, Wuhan is closed for travellers and shipping also shipping couriers were not using the sick employees to work. 

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But, prevention is better than cure. 

If you are scared to open the packages, just seal them just after arriving in plastic bags. So after reassuring, you can unpack your order and use them. Then you should wash your hands thoroughly and use a hand sanitizer. 

If you want to open your package, it might be risky. So you can wear a surgical mask where you can cover your nose and mouth thoroughly. Wear gloves to protect your hands. You must open your packages outdoors to prevent contact viruses inside your resident. You can wipe your packages with some antiseptic disinfectant liquid to clear all the germs. Don’t forget to wash your hands after then. 

If you ordered clothes, bleach would help. Take one tablespoon full of bleach and mix with 1 litre of water and soak your clothes. Bleach is an effective way of killing coronavirus. This little amount of water could not harm your new clothes if you worried. 

So, don’t panic with coronavirus coming with your packages. They can’t survive inside the packages for more than three days without a host. Following the above methods can prevent you from any virus coming with the packages. 

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