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Worker dies in accident at IIT Madras campus
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A 23-year-old worker died after a marble slab accidentally fell on him from a lorry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) campus.
Police said the accident took place on Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as V. Vijay, 23 from Nallur, Kancheepuram district and he was a load man working with a marble company in Maduravoyal. Accompanied by a driver, he came in a lorry to deliver marble slabs for ongoing construction work at the campus. While he was standing behind the vehicle, the driver suddenly reversed and in the impact, the marble slabs on the truck slid and fell on Vijay and crushed him. He was grievously injured and taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The novel coronavirus may survive for far lesser time on porous surfaces such as paper and clothes than on impermeable surfaces like glass and plastic, a study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay suggests.
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NEW DELHI: The novel coronavirus may survive for far lesser time on porous surfaces such as paper and clothes than on impermeable surfaces like glass and plastic, a study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay suggests.
COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is transmitted through respiratory droplets. The virus-laden droplets also form fomite upon falling on a surface, which serves as a source for infection spread.
In the study, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, the researchers analysed the drying of droplets on impermeable and porous surfaces.
They found that a droplet remains liquid for a much shorter time on a porous surface, making it less favourable to the survival of the virus.