Queensland schools are being encouraged to increase natural airflow in classrooms, or hold lessons outdoors, when school resumes to help reduce COVID-19 transmission — but air quality experts say the measures do not go far enough. Key points: The education department advises schools to improve natural airflow to boost classroom ventilation Air quality experts recommend using carbon dioxide monitors to …
Aircraft passengers are twice or even three times more likely to catch Covid-19 during a flight since the emergence of the omicron variant, according to the top medical adviser to the world’s airlines. Whatever the risk was with delta, we would have to assume the risk would be two to three times greater with omicron, just as we’ve seen in …
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