{"id":11474,"date":"2020-04-11T09:51:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T13:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=11474"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:37:35","slug":"coronavirus-can-travel-4-metres-twice-the-current-recommended-distance-between-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/coronavirus-can-travel-4-metres-twice-the-current-recommended-distance-between-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus can travel 4 metres, twice the current recommended distance between people"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-nav-container=\"\">\n<div>\n<nav>\n<ol>\n<li>                                        <a aria-label=\"Back to homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/\"><svg viewbox=\"9299 -3984 9.748 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M-1805,3480h-3v-7.125l4.875-4.875,4.874,4.875V3480H-1801v-4h-4v4Z\" fill=\"currentColor\" transform=\"translate(11107 -7452)\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>\/<\/span>                                        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/tag\/science-and-technology\/\">Science and Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p><span><br \/>\n                                            <span>Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n                                    <\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<article>\n<p><span>Issued on: <time datetime=\"2020-04-11T13:45:16+00:00\" pubdate=\"pubdate\">11\/04\/2020 &#8211; 15:45<\/time><\/span><span>Modified: <time datetime=\"2020-04-11T13:45:14+00:00\">11\/04\/2020 &#8211; 15:45<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man being tested for coronavirus.\" data-image-dataset=\"{\"url\":\"http:\/\/s.rfi.fr\/media\/display\/77f91d5a-7be6-11ea-a3d8-005056bff430\/\",\"filename\":\"87b3c6dfe2be36fb995d3ff82c4aa66722b12be0.jpg\"}\" data-image-format=\"16x9\" data-lazyloaded=\"image-formats\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img>    <\/p><figcaption><span>A man being tested for coronavirus.<\/span>                <span>AFP<\/span>            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n                    A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) &#8212; twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public.\u00a0\n                <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The preliminary results of the investigation by Chinese researchers were published Friday in <a href=\"http:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/eid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emerging Infectious Diseases<\/a>, a journal of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They add to a growing debate on how the disease is transmitted, with the scientists themselves cautioning that the small quantities of virus they found at this distance are not necessarily infectious.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The researchers, led by a team at the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_of_Military_Medical_Sciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academy of Military Medical Sciences<\/a> in Beijing, tested surface and air samples from an intensive care unit and a general COVID-19 ward at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan. They housed a total of 24 patients between February 19 and March 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They found that the virus was most heavily concentrated on the floors of the wards, &#8220;perhaps because of gravity and air flow causing most virus droplets to float to the ground.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>High levels were also found on frequently touched surfaces like computer mice, trashcans, bed rails and\u00a0door knobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Furthermore, half of the samples from the soles of the ICU medical staff shoes tested positive,&#8221; the team wrote. &#8220;Therefore, the soles of medical staff shoes might function as carriers.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Airborne threat?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team also looked at so-called aerosol transmission &#8212; when the droplets of the virus are so\u00a0fine\u00a0they become suspended and remain airborne for several hours, unlike cough or sneeze droplets that fall to the ground within seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They found that virus-laden aerosols were mainly concentrated near and downstream from patients at up to 13 feet &#8212; though smaller quantities were found upstream, up to eight feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Encouragingly, no members of the hospital staff were infected, &#8220;indicating that appropriate precautions could effectively prevent infection,&#8221; the authors wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They also offered advice that bucks orthodox guidelines: &#8220;Our findings suggest that home isolation of persons with suspected COVID-19 might not be a good control strategy&#8221; given the levels of environmental contamination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aerosolization of the coronavirus is a contentious area for scientists who study it, because it is not clear how infectious the disease is in the tiny quantities found in ultrafine mist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization has so far downplayed the risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>US health authorities have adopted a more cautious line and urged people to cover their faces when out in public in case the virus can be transmitted through normal breathing and speaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<section>\n        <\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/science-and-technology\/20200411-coronavirus-can-travel-4-metres-twice-the-current-recommended-distance-between-people\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/ Science and Technology Medicine Issued on: 11\/04\/2020 &#8211; 15:45Modified: 11\/04\/2020 &#8211; 15:45 A man being tested for coronavirus. 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