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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by willj on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:18PM (#22553362)
This study [1] says it can last on surfaces for 2-3 days.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v...

Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by tempestn on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:46PM (#22553522)
Which would be consistent with the risk being low for goods shipped from Europe or Asia to North America, right?
Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by Angostura on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:30AM (#22556099)
That's an un peer-reviewed pre-print.
Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by exdsq on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:48AM (#22556221)
That might be so, however there are enough names from enough reputable research centers to take it at face value. If we need to wait for printed peer-reviewed journal papers to combat an active pandemic then we might be waiting a while!