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14.05 - 22:34
Can COVID-19 spread through HVAC systems? Canadian researchers seek to find out
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The novel coronavirus is mainly spread through close contact, but a group of mechanical engineers at a Canadian university are looking at a lesser-known possibility — airborne transmission.
Bringing safe and healthy air to spaces — everything from apartment buildings to schools to offices — is the central theme of the project, according to University of Alberta engineering professor Lexuan Zhong, who is leading the research.
She called the effort a “non-pharmaceutical intervention” that, if successful, could avoid “extensive consequences.” “It’s just as valuable as vaccine research,” she told Global News. “Improving ventilation systems in high-occupancy structures could be a critical way to contain the pandemic… This work has the potential
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