A few days ago, the news that an aunt used a microwave oven to disinfect the RMB and the money was burnt caused a heated discussion among netizens. Do you need to disinfect cash at home? Wuhan Shangchao gradually opened up, is it safe to use cash? Can the cash taken out of the bank be used at ease? On March 23, the reporter learned from many sources that the cash bills of the banks have taken layers of killing measures, and the cash returned needs to be disinfected and "isolated" for 14 days to ensure the safe use of the public.

Banks execute two lines of income and expenditure

Can microwave ovens disinfect cash? Industrial Bank Wuhan Branch Business Department Xiao Nian told reporters that when the RMB is heated and disinfected, the temperature should not exceed 80 degrees Celsius. If a microwave oven is used, the high temperature is likely to bake the coins. If the public has doubts about the safety of banknotes, they can go to the bank outlets to exchange them without having to disinfect themselves at home. Xiao Nian said that in accordance with the requirements of the People's Bank of China, all banks will strictly implement the two lines of revenue and expenditure. The former integrated cabinet of the bank branch is now divided into the collection cabinet and the payment cabinet, which means that the money deposited and the money withdrawn will not cross.

In addition, the self-service bank's all-in-one deposit and withdrawal machine has also become a single-function machine. The deposit machine can only deposit money, the cash machine can only withdraw money, and the cash paid is disinfected money. At present, Societe Generale disinfects the cash counter with an ozone disinfector for at least 30 minutes each time.

Shen Jie, operation management department of Wuhan branch of industrial bank, further explained that the cash paid at the counter is basically the original coupons, and ATM self-service machines also use sterilized money to ensure that the money taken out is safe and secure.

According to the reporter's understanding, the People's Bank of China urgently released 4 billion yuan of new banknotes to Wuhan before the Spring Festival to ensure the supply of cash.

There are many ways to sterilize cash

How do banks disinfect cash?

The relevant person in charge of the operation department of Hankou Bank told reporters that the bank's disinfection of cash mainly uses purple lights, disinfection cabinets and high-temperature ovens. According to reports, each bank will choose according to its own needs. Hankou Bank mainly uses purple light to disinfect cash for more than 90 minutes. However, if you use tools such as drying boxes and disinfect cash for 1 hour at 65 to 80 degrees Celsius, you can directly release it to the outside world.

According to the notice of the People's Bank of China on the safety of cash use during the epidemic prevention period, the cash income in Hubei region needs to be stored in a dry environment for more than 14 days before being released.

The head of Hankou Bank said that the cash returned by the bank would be disinfected separately and "isolated" for 14 days as required. Moreover, when the staff of the bank's cash center are engaged in disinfection work, they all need to measure their body temperature, wear double masks and gloves, spray disinfectant on cash workplaces such as vault warehouses and clearing rooms, and disinfect cash machines such as clearing machines, cash counters and cash boxes with alcohol and disinfectant. In addition, for supermarkets, transportation departments and other customers, whether it is a hundred-yuan note, or 50 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan of zero notes and auxiliary coins, the bank puts in the original coupons.