Residents shop in a Wumart store for vegetables and other daily necessities. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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Zhong Nanshan in this file photo. [Photo/Xinhua]

Renowned Chinese respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan shares his views on the latest developments in the novel coronavirus outbreak in an interview with Beijing Television on Friday.

The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council holds a press conference, Feb 11, 2020. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Medical workers from the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing join hands before entering isolation units at Tongji Hospital affiliated with Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan on Feb 3. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

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According to some online rumors, disposable face masks can be reused after being disinfected with alcohol.

Taking a hot bath or blowing air conditioning cannot kill the novel coronavirus. 

Although the novel coronavirus is vulnerable to heat, it can only be effectively inactivated after exposure to a 56 C temperature for over 30 minutes.