Catching COVID-19 from surfaces is very unlikely, maybe we should ease up on the constant disinfecting
3 years, 9 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 for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said, highlighting the need for cleaning and handwashing to combat the virus https://t.co/Y1Qwwr3jau pic.twitter.com/PpQLGAkhw4 — Reuters October 12, 2020 What we have to do instead is look at all of the evidence we do have and see what it’s telling us, including case studies describing transmission events. Hundreds of millions of people are ad-libbing their way through a crisis in the absence of a clear script,” writes @DKThomp https://t.co/MyuvvN430o — Yoni Appelbaum February 8, 2021 We can therefore mitigate this relatively small risk by continuing to focus on hand hygiene and ensuring cleaning protocols are more in keeping with the risk of surface transmission.

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Covid: How to sanitise and stay safe while flying
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid: How to sanitise and stay safe while flying

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new peer-reviewed study published in September used data from nearly 10,000 air travellers on Delta’s Covid-tested flight corridors between …

Aerosols from Covid-19 infected person can travel in air upto 10 metres: Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Aerosols from Covid-19 infected person can travel in air upto 10 metres: Govt

Hindustan Times  

The government on Thursday issued a set of guidelines to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease as the country reels under the second wave of the pandemic. Stopping the transmission of the Covid-19 virus from a person to another person will decrease the infection rate of the disease to a level where it can eventually die, according to the …

COVID-19 infection is transmitted via air, says US CDC
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 infection is transmitted via air, says US CDC

India TV News  

Exposure to respiratory fluids -- very fine respiratory droplets and aerosol particles -- present in air and which carry viruses are the main reason for contracting Covid-19 infection, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. These droplets carry viruses and transmit infection, said the agency's latest science brief as part of its public guidelines on Covid-19. Exposure to …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

How long can coronavirus survive on surface? It's 28 days, says new study
4 years, 2 months ago

How long can coronavirus survive on surface? It's 28 days, says new study

India Today  

Researchers have said that Covid-19 that causes the novel coronavirus infection, can survive for 28 days on smooth surfaces such as stainless steel, phone screens, glass, plastic and banknotes. Contrary to previous research that suggested Covid-19 can survive for three to seven days on smooth surfaces, the recent study by researchers at Australian agency CSIRO says that the virus can …

For How Long Can the Coronavirus Stay Active on Your Skin and Other Surfaces?
4 years, 2 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 …

Covid-19 could spread by airborne transmission: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 could spread by airborne transmission: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hindustan Times  

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an updated guidance on Monday said COVID-19 can spread through airborne transmission, a month after it took down a similar warning. Aerosols lingering in the air could be a major source of COVID-19 transmission, a group of U.S. scientists warned in an unrelated open letter published in medical journal Science on Monday. …

Covid-19 can spread through virus in air, confirms US CDC
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 can spread through virus in air, confirms US CDC

India Today  

Covid-19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said as it acknowledged concerns voiced by public health experts about the airborne transmission of the virus. Read: Jamia Millia Islamia researchers develop saliva-based home testing kit CDC said under such circumstances, scientists believe the amount of infectious smaller …

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 …

Here\'s how to make your car corona free
4 years, 4 months ago

Here\'s how to make your car corona free

Deccan Chronicle  

With motor vehicles getting back on the roads in large numbers as a result of the relaxed lockdown restrictions, the Greater Chennai Corporation administration has urged automobile owners to strictly follow precautionary measures to contain the spread of COVID 19. In a short video, GCC has asked vehicle owners to follow tips including cleaning of oft-touched surfaces such as the …

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

WHO: Indoor airborne spread of coronavirus possible
4 years, 5 months ago

WHO: Indoor airborne spread of coronavirus possible

Associated Press  

LONDON — The World Health Organization is acknowledging the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions — after more than 200 scientists urged the agency to do so. In an open letter published this week in a journal, two scientists from Australia and the U.S. wrote that studies have shown “beyond any reasonable doubt that …

WHO will review claims of airborne transmission of Coronavirus made by health experts from 32 countries
4 years, 5 months ago

WHO will review claims of airborne transmission of Coronavirus made by health experts from 32 countries

Firstpost  

WHO guidance to health workers, dated 29 June, says SARS-CoV-2 is primarily transmitted through respiratory droplets and on surfaces. The World Health Organization is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists, in a letter to the health agency, outlined evidence the virus can spread in tiny airborne particles. “I think …

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in air
4 years, 5 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 …

WHO reviewing report urging new guidance over airborne spread of coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

WHO reviewing report urging new guidance over airborne spread of coronavirus

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists, in a letter to the health agency, outlined evidence the virus can spread in tiny airborne particles. Governments, which rely on the agency for guidance policy, may also have to adjust public health measures aimed at curbing the …

Can coronavirus spread through air? Hundreds of experts say yes
4 years, 5 months ago

Can coronavirus spread through air? Hundreds of experts say yes

Deccan Chronicle  

Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise recommendations, the New York Times reported on Saturday. In an open letter to the agency, which the researchers plan to publish in a scientific journal next week, 239 scientists in 32 …

Coronavirus spreads through the air as aerosol, 230 scientists write in open letter to World Health Organization
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus spreads through the air as aerosol, 230 scientists write in open letter to World Health Organization

ABC  

The World Health Organization has downplayed airborne transmission of COVID-19 since the pandemic began but now more than 200 scientists are making a plea for action, warning people they aren't as protected as they may think. Professor Morawska says scientists have demonstrated "beyond any reasonable doubt" that those microdroplets pose a risk beyond 1 to 2 metres, potentially making the …

239 scientists press WHO on ‘airborne’ coronavirus spread
4 years, 5 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 …

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