Restaurants should increase ventilation and space between tables, the report of the study said. Photo: Reuters Restaurants should increase ventilation and space between tables, the report of the study said. Photo: Reuters
Restaurants should increase ventilation and space between tables, the report of the study said. Photo: Reuters
China /  People & Culture

Does air con help spread coronavirus? Chinese study of 3 families in a restaurant suggests so

  • Direction of airflow from air-conditioning ventilation found to be the key factor in what was believed to be droplet transmission
  • Restaurants advised by the researchers to increase the space between tables

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Wendy Wu
Wendy Wu in Beijing

Updated: 11:29pm, 15 Apr, 2020

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Restaurants should increase ventilation and space between tables, the report of the study said. Photo: Reuters Restaurants should increase ventilation and space between tables, the report of the study said. Photo: Reuters
Restaurants should increase ventilation and space between tables, the report of the study said. Photo: Reuters
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