Health
Calls for post-Covid ‘revolution’ in building air quality – BBC News
Top experts in how diseases spread are calling for massive improvements to the air in buildings.
By David ShukmanScience editor
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Dozens of the world’s top experts in how diseases spread have called for big improvements to the air in buildings.
They say current rules on ventilation are failing to stop infections, including Covid-19.
The problem is likened to the health crisis caused by contaminated water in Britain’s cities in the 1800s.
The appeal comes amid growing evidence that the coronavirus is often transmitted via infectious aerosols in crowded indoor spaces.
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