The Australian Government has advised that the risk of coronavirus infection from handling goods is considered extremely low. On most dry surfaces, coronaviruses die within a few hours as secretions dry out.

The World Health Organisation has also advised it is safe to receive international letters or packages as, from previous analysis, coronaviruses do not survive long on objects, such as mailed items.

Globally to date, there has been no recorded case that someone has contracted coronavirus from handling mail or parcels.