TY - JOUR
T1 - Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
T2 - The world should face the reality
AU - Morawska, Lidia
AU - Cao, Junji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Hand washing and maintaining social distance are the main measures recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to avoid contracting COVID-19. Unfortunately, these measured do not prevent infection by inhalation of small droplets exhaled by an infected person that can travel distance of meters or tens of meters in the air and carry their viral content. Science explains the mechanisms of such transport and there is evidence that this is a significant route of infection in indoor environments. Despite this, no countries or authorities consider airborne spread of COVID-19 in their regulations to prevent infections transmission indoors. It is therefore extremely important, that the national authorities acknowledge the reality that the virus spreads through air, and recommend that adequate control measures be implemented to prevent further spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in particularly removal of the virus-laden droplets from indoor air by ventilation.
AB - Hand washing and maintaining social distance are the main measures recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to avoid contracting COVID-19. Unfortunately, these measured do not prevent infection by inhalation of small droplets exhaled by an infected person that can travel distance of meters or tens of meters in the air and carry their viral content. Science explains the mechanisms of such transport and there is evidence that this is a significant route of infection in indoor environments. Despite this, no countries or authorities consider airborne spread of COVID-19 in their regulations to prevent infections transmission indoors. It is therefore extremely important, that the national authorities acknowledge the reality that the virus spreads through air, and recommend that adequate control measures be implemented to prevent further spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in particularly removal of the virus-laden droplets from indoor air by ventilation.
KW - Airborne infection spread
KW - Airborne transmission
KW - Coronavirus
KW - COVID-19
KW - Infections transmission
KW - SARS-CoV-2 virus
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85083010815
U2 - 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105730
DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105730
M3 - 评论/辩论
C2 - 32294574
AN - SCOPUS:85083010815
SN - 0160-4120
VL - 139
JO - Environment International
JF - Environment International
M1 - 105730
ER -