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Could an $800 air filter be a cheap fix for the threat of airborne COVID in hotel quarantine?
How do you stop COVID-19 spreading through the air in hotel quarantine?
Key points:
- Concerns continue to be raised over the role of ventilation in the spread of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine
- An assessment of each of the hotels in Victoria’s quarantine program is now underway following the latest cluster in Melbourne
- One mechanical engineer proposes air purifiers could be a cost-effective way of reducing the risk of airborne viruses
That’s the big question state health authorities are grappling with after multiple cases of the virus jumping from infected hotel quarantine guests to workers in cities across Australia — sometimes without a clear chain of transmission being identified.
The latest hotel quarantine cluster in Melbourne has…
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