The Lancet: Small droplet aerosols in poorly ventilated spaces and SARS-CoV-2 transmission

"This study shows that better ventilation of spaces substantially reduces the airborne time of respiratory droplets. This finding is relevant because typically poorly ventilated and populated spaces, like public transport and nursing homes, have been reported as sites of viral transmission despite preventive physical distancing. The persistence of small respiratory droplets in such poorly ventilated spaces could contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Our findings confirm that improving ventilation of public spaces will dilute and clear out potentially infectious aerosols."Link to article here.

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Next-generation laser sensors

The optoNCDT 1900 displacement, distance and position sensors are fast, high-performance and designed for small installation spaces. For direct integration into Industrial Ethernet controllers, Micro-Epsilon presents the optoNCDT 1900 series with integrat

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Oxford Academic: It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

An open letter by ,,Lidia Morawska and ,,Donald K Milton We appeal to the medical community and to the relevant national and international bodies to recognize the potential for airborne spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There is significant p

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Health Europa: Infection control in the COVID-19 era, Novaerus clears the air

Health Europa writes that Novaerus plays a big role in infection control as the world returns to work in the COVID-19 era. Read the full article here.As the world exits from the COVID-19 crisis, tens of thousands of white, shoebox-sized metal devices — pa

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The Guardian: "Understanding 'aerosol transmission' could be key to controlling coronavirus"

Julian Tang is a clinical virologist and honorary associate professor in the respiratory sciences department at the University of Leicester. Last week he wrote an excellent piece in The Guardian. Essential reading!Growing evidence suggests one of the mai

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FOCUS Online: Corona trap elevator - Measurement shows where risk lurks

"It is now known that people in cramped living conditions are more severely affected by the pandemic. Elevators in high-rise buildings are a real high-risk place. The physicist and aerosol researcher Gerhard Scheuch carried out an experiment on this." "Ma

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