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Scientists call for more focus on ventilation in stopping Covid Photo: Brandon Hartley A group of 39 scientists from all over the world, including the Netherlands, are calling on governments to pay more attention to the role of good ventilation in the battle against coronavirus. In an article in leading academic journal Science, they suggest that good ventilation can prevent coronavirus being spread by aerosols, or tiny droplets which hang in the air. In the Netherlands, ventilation does not yet have a major role in the official strategy to combat infection. ‘In other countries they have s...

Date Time Researchers at Eindhoven and Delft call for more ventilation in fight against corona In an article published today in Science, an international group of 39 scientists calls for more ventilation in the fight against corona. Their plea goes beyond the current pandemic, to prevent the spread of all respiratory infections with adjustments in building design. Marcel Loomans of TU Eindhoven and Philomena Bluyssen of TU Delft are two of the authors. There is strong evidence that the coronavirus also spreads through small airborne droplets (aerosols), the authors state. The consequence: muc...