Kachilombo kamene kamayambitsa matendawa, COVID-19, chitha kukhalabe chogwira ntchito pamalo osalala monga zowonera pa foni yam'manja, malo achitsulo ndi mabilu amapepala kwa nthawi yayitali kuposa kachilombo ka chimfine. Malinga ndi asayansi ochokera ku bungwe loyang'anira zasayansi ku Australia CSIRO, imatha kukhalabe yotheka mpaka masiku 28, ngakhale ili m'malo olamulidwa kwambiri. Mumikhalidwe yomweyi, kachilombo ka chimfine kamakhalabe kupatsirana kwa masiku 17 okha.
Gulu la asayansi lati kafukufuku wawo akuwonetsa kuti poyerekeza ndi ma virus ena, coronavirus "ndi yolimba kwambiri". "Zotsatirazi zikuwonetsa kuti SARS-CoV-2 imatha kukhala yopatsirana kwa nthawi yayitali kuposa momwe amaganizira kale," kafukufukuyu akumaliza. (Nsalu ndi malo ena opindika amatha kunyamula kachilomboka kwa masiku pafupifupi 14.)
Ngakhale kafukufuku akuwonetsa kufunikira koyeretsa ndi kupha tizilombo toyambitsa matenda mafoni ndi malo ena, amabwera ndi "buts" akulu. Choyamba, zinkachitidwa pa kutentha kosalekeza kwa madigiri 68 Fahrenheit (20 madigiri Celsius) mumdima kuti athetse zotsatira za kuwala kwa ultraviolet, kutali kwambiri ndi zochitika zenizeni za dziko. Ofufuzawo sanagwiritse ntchito mucosa watsopano, womwe umakhala ndi ma virus pamtunda, womwe uli ndi maselo oyera amagazi ndi ma antibodies, pakuyesa.
Kuphatikiza apo, malinga ndi akatswiri ambiri, chiwopsezo cha kufalikira kwa coronavirus kuchokera pamwamba sicho "chotentha". Monga momwe bungwe la boma la US la CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) linanenera, mwachitsanzo, "kufalitsa kachilombo polumikizana ndi malo sikukuwoneka ngati njira wamba yofalira coronavirus." Akuti amafalitsidwa kwambiri ndi madontho amene amatuluka akamatsokomola kapena akuyetsemula. Zomwe zapezazi zikuwonetsanso kuti zitha kukhala zoyendetsedwa ndi mpweya "m'malo opanda mpweya wabwino komanso wotsekeka momwe kupuma movutikira monga kuyimba kapena kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kumachitika pafupipafupi."
