Health
Coronavirus survives in the air for more than an hour, says Sage expert – Telegraph.co.uk
The comments may undermine Boris Johnson’s drive to get people back to work and to return to the high street
“We do know that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid, can remain viable, can remain infectious, in these very small droplets so that raises the possibility and indeed the likelihood that Covid can be transmitted through these small particles that can travel through the air.”
Recent polling by Ipsos MORI indicates that three in 10 British adults feel very concerned about their personal risk from the virus.
Prof Barclays comments come ahead of the week in which the Government may extend the mandatory use of face masks, which are currently compulsory only on public transport. Face coverings were made compulsory in shops in Scotland from last Friday.
She said: “The use of face masks is really about protecting other people from you in case you’re infected, we do think this virus is breathed out in droplets, whether or not these droplets are large or small it’s quite likely that a face mask will remove some of them from your breath.”
She also emphasised the importance of ventilation that replenished the air in a room, rather than air conditioning systems which re-circulate the air.
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