Can a hot shower kill the new coronavirus?

High temperature can inactivate the new coronavirus, but it needs to be in 56 ℃ under the condition of 30 minutes to inactivate, hot water bath actually can not reach 56 ℃, and also can not be soaked in 56 ℃ water within 30 minutes to take a bath, and ordinary hot water bath has no inactivation effect on the virus. However, if you usually come back from the outdoors, come back from work to take a hot water bath, you can wash away the virus on the skin mucous membranes, face, hair, but the hot water bath has no inactivating effect on the virus, and the temperature is too high and may burn the skin, and it is not recommended to take a bath for more than 10 minutes at a very high temperature. Especially for patients with underlying diseases, such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, bathing at very high temperatures may cause other problems. Bathing infants and young children with water at too high a temperature may bring bad results, and if there are skin burns even more troublesome, the protective effect of the skin mucous membranes will be reduced, so hot baths only serve to clean, rinse, and carry out cleanliness and hygiene aspects of the treatment. Source: Dr. Yurai