the Bank of Russia with the beginning of the spread COVID-19 recommended banks to withstand banknotes 3-4 days before delivery to the clients and loading ATMs, as well as to turn off the recirculation mode the cash machines, which work on the reception and issue of cash. In the settlement-cash centres of Bank of Russia banknotes are aged 14 days to recalculate and 6 days after the conversion before sending to banks.
“the Virus lives exactly on the surface of banknotes as necessary for drying the droplets got there – two or three days, whereas the viability of colonies of bacteria or some mold is calculated by months and requires other approaches”, – said Trachuk at the conference “cash circulation. COVID-19. The future and the present”.
Given this, Goznak since 2010, adds in the paper for the banknotes of 500 rubles (in 2017 and banknote of 2,000) are the same biocides that are used for processing medical products.
“We are convinced that banknotes in circulation more than 5 years, still biocidal properties retain – said Trachuk. – We can say that notes in circulation are not so optimal environment for the spread of disease, and different”. The use of bactericidal substrates “is not an absolute answer,” quarantine and hygiene is not less important, he said.
Trachuk noted that the production of banknotes of a plastic substrate is no panacea: when the layer of paint starts to crack, they just are the breeding ground for the formation of colonies of bacteria, fungi, etc. “From the point of view of the virus and does not have any advantage over cellulose,” – said Trachuk.
