Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality
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Morawska L
; Cao J
Environ Int
2020[Jun]; 139
(?): 105730
PMID32294574
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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.