Shocking new British research show Covid-19 CAN be spread by infected surfaces
1 year, 8 months ago

Shocking new British research show Covid-19 CAN be spread by infected surfaces

Daily Mail  

British researchers have discovered that Covid-19 may be spread via surfaces after all. In the early days of the pandemic, a lack of concrete knowledge about how the virus spread saw widespread use of antibacterial wipes on surfaces and sanitiser gels to keep hands clean. But a new study by scientists at Imperial College London suggests surfaces can still hold on to the virus and pass on the infection. In the early days of the pandemic, a lack of concrete knowledge about how the virus spread saw widespread use of antibacterial wipes on surfaces and sanitiser gels to keep hands clean A new study by scientists at Imperial College London suggests surfaces can still hold on to the virus and pass on the infection They also took swabs from participants’ hands as well as surfaces which were frequently touched, including the kettle, fridge doors and taps. ‘Our data strongly suggests that, as well as frequent handwashing, the decontamination of frequently touched surfaces could prevent transmission.’ However, the authors have pointed out their study does not categorically prove that touching surfaces causes transmission as they did not measure the level of Covid-19 particles in the air – which may have also played a role.

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Study shows monkeypox virus can stay on common household items: US govt
2 years, 4 months ago

Study shows monkeypox virus can stay on common household items: US govt

India Today  

A new study on monkeypox by the US disease control body Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the virus can linger on many common household objects for several days despite regular disinfecting. The CDC suggested that people visiting the home of someone with monkeypox should protect themselves by wearing a well-fitting mask, avoiding touching possibly contaminated surfaces, maintaining …

Monkeypox patients shed 'potentially' infectious high viral loads: Study
2 years, 5 months ago

Monkeypox patients shed 'potentially' infectious high viral loads: Study

India TV News  

Monkeypox patients are likely to shed high viral loads that can be 'potentially' infectious, German scientists have found. The findings, published in the journal Eurosurveillance, showed all surfaces directly touched by the patients' hands showed viral contamination with the highest loads detected in both bathrooms. The study's findings are "absolutely an expected development" and that "outside of very heavily contaminated …

IISc paper examines COVID-19 induced travel changes, strategies and epidemic prevention
2 years, 9 months ago

IISc paper examines COVID-19 induced travel changes, strategies and epidemic prevention

The Hindu  

Among the sectors hit the hardest by the pandemic as well as subsequent lockdowns has been public transport. Major transport authorities around the world have reported up to a 95% reduction in users which not only shows the magnitude of the problem we face today but puts the future of these businesses and services in uncertainty,’‘ said the authors, in …

Coronavirus Becomes 90% Less Infectious Within 20 Minutes of Being Airborne, Reveals UK Study
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Becomes 90% Less Infectious Within 20 Minutes of Being Airborne, Reveals UK Study

News 18  

A groundbreaking new study that attempts to find how the deadly coronavirus survives in exhaled air has revealed that the virus becomes 90 per cent less infectious within 20 minutes of becoming airborne therefore losing most of its ability to infect after the first five minutes. While conducting the study, the researchers developed an apparatus to generate virus-containing particles and …

Airborne transmission of Covid-19 random, social distancing alone not enough to control spread: Study
3 years, 1 month ago

Airborne transmission of Covid-19 random, social distancing alone not enough to control spread: Study

India Today  

A new study has shown that the airborne transmission of Covid-19 is highly random and suggests that social distancing alone is not effective in controlling its spread, reiterating the importance of vaccination and face masks. READ: Covaxin shows 50% effectiveness against symptomatic Covid-19, says Lancet study “One part of the way that this disease spreads is virology: how much virus …

Covid-19 prevention measures are keeping diseases like chickenpox at bay
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 prevention measures are keeping diseases like chickenpox at bay

Live Mint  

The disinfecting and hand-washing that became common during the Covid-19 pandemic have also served as powerful tools against a host of childhood ailments such as chickenpox, stomach viruses and strep throat, recent data suggest. “We’ve seen a dramatic decline in the numbers," said Rana El Feghaly, a pediatrician and director of clinical services at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, …

Guidelines on Covid-19 prevention as declared by health ministry
3 years, 7 months ago

Guidelines on Covid-19 prevention as declared by health ministry

India Today  

India is suffering the worst days of its pandemic since Covid-19 is spreading rapidly in its second phase. Replacing of masks should be done as soon as they become damp with a new, clean and dry mask; Removal of the mask by using the appropriate technique of not touching the front of the mask but untying it from behind or …

Covid-appropriate Behaviour, Vaccination Main Shields Against All Mutants, Future Waves: Experts
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-appropriate Behaviour, Vaccination Main Shields Against All Mutants, Future Waves: Experts

News 18  

With the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the country and concerns being raised about a possible third wave, experts caution that the next wave could be less severe if people keep following Covid-appropriate behaviour and a large portion of the population is vaccinated. K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, had said on Wednesday last week that the third …

Opinion: Now the CDC wants to shut down ‘hygiene theater’
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: Now the CDC wants to shut down ‘hygiene theater’

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kent Sepkowitz is a CNN medical analyst and a physician and infection control expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Sure, the “high-touch” surfaces, like doorknobs and faucet handles, need attention – and in households with a Covid-19-positive individual, disinfecting surfaces in the house can lead to lower viral transmission rates – but the rest, …

Covid-19: Still worried about deep cleaning? You may take it easy now
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Still worried about deep cleaning? You may take it easy now

India Today  

A look at the Covid-19 situation in India at this time last year appears to be a tale from an ancient era. Houses, offices, shared vehicles, religious places, shops and other community places were recommended to go for deep cleaning to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Goldman called the deep cleaning guideline to prevent spread of Covid-19 an “exaggerated risk” …

Catching COVID-19 from surfaces is very unlikely, maybe we should ease up on the constant disinfecting
3 years, 10 months ago

Catching COVID-19 from surfaces is very unlikely, maybe we should ease up on the constant disinfecting

Firstpost  

This isn’t to say surface transmission isn’t possible and that we should disregard it completely but, we should acknowledge the threat is relatively small. The key question isn’t whether surface transmission is possible, or whether it can occur in the real world — it almost certainly can. The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel …

Can antimicrobial surfaces work against the covid-19 virus?
3 years, 10 months ago

Can antimicrobial surfaces work against the covid-19 virus?

Live Mint  

One of the many aspects of our daily lives that has changed during the covid-19 pandemic, is the way we deal with surfaces. Recently, scientists from the University of Cambridge working on an antiviral coating technology, called DioX, believe that it could protect face mask users by killing the coronavirus in as little as an hour. Laboratory tests showed that …

New playbook for Covid-19 protection emerges after year of study, missteps
3 years, 11 months ago

New playbook for Covid-19 protection emerges after year of study, missteps

Live Mint  

Scientists are settling on a road map that can help critical sectors of the economy safely conduct business, from meatpacking plants to financial services, despite the pandemic’s continued spread. “We have to still deal with ‘the right now.’ We’ve zeroed in on this set of controls that we know work," said Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings Program at …

Masks not enough to stop Covid-19’s spread without social distancing: Study
4 years ago

Masks not enough to stop Covid-19’s spread without social distancing: Study

Hindustan Times  

Simply wearing a mask may not be enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing, suggest the findings of a new study. In Physics of Fluids by AIP Publishing, researchers tested how five different types of mask materials impacted the spread of droplets that carry the coronavirus when we cough or sneeze. “Without a face mask, it is …

Should I wipe down groceries during the pandemic?
4 years, 1 month ago

Should I wipe down groceries during the pandemic?

Associated Press  

Should I wipe down groceries during the pandemic? Experts still recommend cleaning surfaces — especially frequently touched spots that infected people might have recently touched. Early studies finding it could linger on surfaces for days were conducted under laboratory conditions; the virus likely couldn’t survive that long in real life. Dr. John Brooks, chief medical officer for the COVID-19 response …

The Coronavirus Is Airborne Indoors. But We’re Still Scrubbing Surfaces.
4 years, 1 month ago

The Coronavirus Is Airborne Indoors. But We’re Still Scrubbing Surfaces.

News 18  

At Hong Kong’s deserted airport, cleaning crews constantly spray baggage trolleys, elevator buttons and check-in counters with antimicrobial solutions. But scrubbing surfaces does little to mitigate the virus threat indoors, experts say, and health officials are being urged to focus instead on improving ventilation and filtration of indoor air. But scientific evidence was growing that the virus could stay aloft …

Traveling during covid-19? Here's the list of 5 must-have essentials for women to carry in the backpacks
4 years, 2 months ago

Traveling during covid-19? Here's the list of 5 must-have essentials for women to carry in the backpacks

India Today  

As we have stepped into the unlocking phase, people are slowly and gradually starting their businesses again, organizing small functions, and meeting their closed ones. Although traveling and backpacking are very common, we can't deny the fact that women face various issues like eve-teasing, hygiene, access to a clean bathroom, and especially during the periods. Women usually face problems related …

Coronavirus survives on human skin for nine hours: Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus survives on human skin for nine hours: Study

Hindustan Times  

The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for about 1.8 hours by comparison, said the study published this month in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal. “The …

COVID-19 myth-busting: Five things you should know
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 myth-busting: Five things you should know

Al Jazeera  

From water transmission, bleach and antibiotics to weather, clothes and shoes, we look at some common coronavirus misconceptions and how to stop their spread. In a recent WHO Q&A, Briand explained: “If you swim in a swimming pool or in a pond, you cannot get COVID-19 through water, but what can happen is if you go to a swimming pool, …

Covid-19 Causing Virus Can Stay on Mobile Screens, Glass and Money for 28 Days: Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 Causing Virus Can Stay on Mobile Screens, Glass and Money for 28 Days: Study

News 18  

Three recommendations for controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus include washing hands with soap and water, maintaining social distance and wearing masks. In a recent study published in the Virology Journal on 7th October 2020, it was found that SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on glass surfaces, stainless steel and currency notes for up to 28 days. COVID-19 virus can …

Are banknotes also spreading coronavirus?
4 years, 2 months ago

Are banknotes also spreading coronavirus?

Live Mint  

The new coronavirus may remain infectious for weeks on banknotes, glass and other common surfaces, according to research by Australia’s top biosecurity laboratory that highlights risks from paper currency, touchscreen devices and grab handles and rails. The time taken to achieve a 50% reduction in the amount of virus present on the surfaces studied under different temperatures is tabled below: …

For How Long Can the Coronavirus Stay Active on Your Skin and Other Surfaces?
4 years, 3 months ago

For How Long Can the Coronavirus Stay Active on Your Skin and Other Surfaces?

News 18  

Despite all the strides made by humankind over the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Research conducted at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in July 2020 had indicated that SARS-CoV-2 can stay on the skin for eight hours to 14 days depending on the temperature. This study said that the virus …

New Study Shows You're More Likely to Contract Covid-19 Indoors. What Else, 2020?
4 years, 3 months ago

New Study Shows You're More Likely to Contract Covid-19 Indoors. What Else, 2020?

News 18  

New research adds to the growing body of evidence that airborne transmission of Covid-19 spreads more quickly in enclosed spaces. Researchers were able to link a community outbreak of Covid-19 in China to a source patient who likely spread the virus to fellow bus riders through the bus’s air conditioning system. “Our study provided epidemiologic evidence of transmission over long …

How Effective Are Homemade Fabric Masks Against the Spread of Covid-19?
4 years, 3 months ago

How Effective Are Homemade Fabric Masks Against the Spread of Covid-19?

News 18  

To reduce the transmission of COVID-19, precautionary measures like washing hands with soap and water, using sanitisers, maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask are extremely necessary. Determining the effectiveness of homemade masks Aerosols are tiny particles that are less than 5 micrometres in size and can be as small as 100 nanometres, whereas the larger droplets are around one …

Aerosols sprayed from flushing a public urinal can spread COVID-19, a new study found
4 years, 4 months ago

Aerosols sprayed from flushing a public urinal can spread COVID-19, a new study found

Firstpost  

When men use urinals, aerosols can reach their thigh within 5.5 seconds as compared to the toilet flush, which takes 35 seconds to reach slightly higher. The simulations performed by the scientists revealed that the trajectory of the tiny particles ejected by flushing a urinal “manifests an external spread type, with more than 57 per cent of the particles travelling …

COVID-19: Flush of a urinal causes coronavirus-laden particles to 'climb violently' into the air
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19: Flush of a urinal causes coronavirus-laden particles to 'climb violently' into the air

Daily Mail  

The flush of a urinal causes coronavirus-laden particles to 'climb violently' into the air, a study found, with experts now recommending wearing masks in public toilets. Scroll down for video The flush of a urinal causes coronavirus-laden particles to 'climb violently' into the air, a study found, with experts now recommending wearing masks in public toilets. The modelling revealed that …

What Should We Still Be Cleaning And Disinfecting To Prevent COVID-19?
4 years, 4 months ago

What Should We Still Be Cleaning And Disinfecting To Prevent COVID-19?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The sales of disinfecting sprays and wipes skyrocketed in recent months as the public scrambled to more frequently disinfect commonly touched surfaces and items that could spread the coronavirus. “Relative to other things that one might want to do, such as wearing a mask, avoiding large gatherings and maintaining distance from other people, the importance of disinfecting …

Coronavirus and surfaces: What's the latest on what we know about how you can catch COVID-19?
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus and surfaces: What's the latest on what we know about how you can catch COVID-19?

ABC  

Are you more likely to catch coronavirus from surfaces or from droplets in the air? Under experimental conditions it found: The virus could still be detected on stainless steel and plastic after 72 hours No viable SARS-CoV-2 could be detected on a cardboard surface after 24 hours No viable SARS-CoV-2 could be detected on a copper surface after four hours …

Coronavirus: Government considering telling public to wear gloves, health minister says
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: Government considering telling public to wear gloves, health minister says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government is considering telling the public to wear gloves to …

Combination of masks, hand washing, social distancing stops Covid infection: Utrecht study
4 years, 5 months ago

Combination of masks, hand washing, social distancing stops Covid infection: Utrecht study

NL Times  

A combination of wearing a face mask, keeping 1.5 meters apart, and regularly washing your hands is enough to prevent another major coronavirus outbreak in the Netherlands and other western countries, according to a study by UMC Utrecht published in scientific journal PLOS Medicine. "Based on our results, we conclude that handwashing, mask-wearing, and social distancing adopted by disease-aware individuals …

Coronavirus pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne

India Today  

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory. "WHO's slow motion on this issue is unfortunately slowing the control of the pandemic," said Jose Jimenez, a University of Colorado chemist who signed the public letter urging the agency to change its …

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in air
4 years, 6 months ago

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in air

Associated Press  

LONDON — More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic. In a letter published this week in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, two scientists from Australia and the …

239 scientists press WHO on ‘airborne’ coronavirus spread
4 years, 6 months ago

239 scientists press WHO on ‘airborne’ coronavirus spread

Al Jazeera  

WHO has long maintained COVID-19 is spread via larger respiratory droplets and dismissed possibility of aerosol route. The authors cited previous studies suggesting germs closely related to COVID-19 were spread via airborne transmission, and “there is every reason to expect” coronavirus behaves similarly. “People may think they are fully protected by adhering to the current recommendations, but in fact additional …

Scientists begin study to see if Covid-19 can be spread by sewage
4 years, 6 months ago

Scientists begin study to see if Covid-19 can be spread by sewage

Daily Mail  

A system is being developed to reliably test wastewater in the UK for signs of coronavirus. Scientists are creating a standardised process, with the help of a £1million research grant, to find out if Covid-19 can be spread via sewage and wastewater. Scroll down for video Scientists are creating a standardised process, with the help of a £1million research grant, …

How To Properly Dry Your Hands To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

How To Properly Dry Your Hands To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to reevaluate a lot about our hygiene habits ― including how we dry our hands in public. “I’d say the best way to dry your hands is with a paper towel that you discard afterwards,” said Sandra Kesh, a deputy medical director and infectious disease specialist at Westmed Medical Group in …

Survey shows 22% not washing hands after toilet use; Covid-19 deaths tops 6,050
4 years, 6 months ago

Survey shows 22% not washing hands after toilet use; Covid-19 deaths tops 6,050

NL Times  

Public health agency RIVM said that nine more people died from respiratory illness Covid-19, raising the total number of deaths to 6,053. Still, "compliance with hygiene measures such as washing hands is still going well," the RIVM said, based on the survey it conducted with municipal health service GGD. Roughly 85 percent said they would comply if a housemate tested …

To Beat Covid-19, You Have to Know How A Virus Moves
4 years, 7 months ago

To Beat Covid-19, You Have to Know How A Virus Moves

Wired  

To really understand how the disease Covid-19 spreads, you have to see the world the way a virus moves through it. But the question of why could turn into the most important countermeasure public health experts can deploy—and it depends on the invisible, infinitesimal particles that come out of people’s mouths with every breath and utterance. Large droplets are much …

3 Ways Scientists Think We Could De-Germ a Covid-19 World
4 years, 7 months ago

3 Ways Scientists Think We Could De-Germ a Covid-19 World

Wired  

With Covid-19 restrictions easing and people returning to restaurants, bars, and shopping malls, a new strategy is emerging to protect us: creating an antiviral infrastructure. Scientists still don’t fully understand Covid-19’s transmission—how much risk there is in touching surfaces and then one’s face, or how long the virus persists in aerosols. To show how easily microbes can spread in a …

Homemade cloth masks CAN help stop the spread of COVID-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Homemade cloth masks CAN help stop the spread of COVID-19

Daily Mail  

Cloth masks can prevent the spread of COVID-19 by blocking up to 99 per cent of infectious particles, according to scientists who analysed a century of mask studies. Canadian researchers report that cloth masks, particularly those with several layers of cotton, block viruses carried via microscopic particles in the air. An employee works on sewing the 2 tissue layers of …

Coronavirus: Experts warn potential for Covid-19 to spread through sewage ‘must not be neglected’ by researchers
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Experts warn potential for Covid-19 to spread through sewage ‘must not be neglected’ by researchers

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The potential for coronavirus to spread through sewage “must not be …

Coronavirus: Nurse demonstrates how wearing gloves can cause cross-contamination of germs
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Nurse demonstrates how wearing gloves can cause cross-contamination of germs

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: NHS doctor shows how wearing gloves when you go out could spread germs
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS doctor shows how wearing gloves when you go out could spread germs

The Independent  

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6 practical ways you and your community can stay safer from Covid-19
4 years, 9 months ago

6 practical ways you and your community can stay safer from Covid-19

India Today  

Watching the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases grow can make you feel helpless. Be prepared when you do Keep hand sanitizer with you use it every time you re-enter your car or house If you must touch doorknobs, push plates, elevator buttons, handrails or handles on sinks, bring a tissue or other clean object to use and discard it after …

Can coronavirus stay viable on food and infect you? Understanding the novel virus is important to answers these questions
4 years, 9 months ago

Can coronavirus stay viable on food and infect you? Understanding the novel virus is important to answers these questions

Firstpost  

Experts say there’s no evidence that COVID-19 sickens people through their digestive systems. So why aren’t health officials warning people about eating food contaminated with the new coronavirus? But they say there’s no evidence yet that COVID-19 sickens people through their digestive systems, though the virus has been detected in the faeces of infected people. That’s why it’s so important …

Challenge to fighting coronavirus in India: 36% wash hands with soap before a meal
4 years, 9 months ago

Challenge to fighting coronavirus in India: 36% wash hands with soap before a meal

India Today  

Soap is the most potent enemy of novel coronavirus that has brought the world to its knees. Scientists have found that washing hands with soap is the most effective way for a healthy person to stay uninfected with novel coronavirus. According to 76th round of the National Sample Survey Organisation, only in 36 per cent Indian households wash their hands …

Doctor’s Note: Can coronavirus spread through the air?
4 years, 9 months ago

Doctor’s Note: Can coronavirus spread through the air?

Al Jazeera  

A doctor explains what we know about how the coronavirus is transmitted – and what we do not. We know that the virus’s main route of transmission from one person to another is through droplets which are sneezed or coughed out by infected people. However long the virus can last, while it is in the air in droplets, anyone within …

Covid-19: The ways viruses can spread in offices
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19: The ways viruses can spread in offices

BBC  

Covid-19: The ways viruses can spread in offices Getty Images If even a single surface is compromised, a virus can infect the majority of a workplace in a matter of hours. “If one person is sick, he or she could spread the germs through coughing and sneezing, touching surfaces and contacting others closely. Just keep washing The home offices in …

How long does coronavirus last on surfaces?
4 years, 9 months ago

How long does coronavirus last on surfaces?

ABC  

One good thing about viruses is that they can only reproduce when they're inside another cell. Stay up-to-date on the coronavirus outbreak Download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest on how the pandemic is impacting the world " did a pretty good study considering the different types of surfaces that we …

‘Main prevention method is to frequently wash your hands’: Your COVID-19 queries answered
4 years, 9 months ago

‘Main prevention method is to frequently wash your hands’: Your COVID-19 queries answered

The Hindu  

Will wearing masks prevent the spreading of COVID-19? But the main prevention mechanism is to frequently wash your hands and refrain from shaking other people’s hands or hugging them. Dr. P. Kuganantham, founder-chairman, Indian Public Health Foundation, and former Chennai City Health Officer Should people avoid eating meat-based food to prevent transmission? Dr. P. Kuganantham In the case of a …

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