CORONA VIRUS COULD BE AIRBORNE

  • 21/10/2020


The coronaviruscan remain infectious in the air, a new animal research showed.The study, which hasnot yet been peer reviewed, proved ferrets were capable of transmitting thevirus, despite being more than a metre apart.Researchers from theErasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam set out to examine thetransmission of the virus, also known as Sars-Cov-2, and its closecousin Sars by infecting ferrets and keeping them away from healthy animals.While the infectedferrets were kept at a distance, researchers ensured the air flow in thetransmission chamber was channelled in a way that it reached the healthyferrets.

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