#Covid19 made us more aware of dangers.. an outbreak of SARs virus in Hong Kong in 2003 was traced to #apartments plumbing & ventilation, leading to warnings from the World Health Organisation about shortcuts in design, construction & maintenance’ 1/ independent.ie/business/perso…
‘SARS virus was spread primarily through the air. High concentrations of viral aerosols in building plumbing were drawn into #apartment bathrooms through floor drains.. virus-laden air was transported by prevailing winds to adjacent buildings’ 2/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16696450/
‘infected cases found along 2 vertical lines of #apartment building & each line was connected through a single ventilation air duct in the bathroom.. investigation found no other possible contact between cases than airborne infection through air duct’ 3/ ijidonline.com/article/S1201-…
‘No evidence found for transmission via elevator or elsewhere.. families lived in flats connected by bathroom drainage.. observed infections & locations of positive environmental samples consistent with spread of virus-laden aerosols via stacks & vents’ 4/acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.73…
‘the elevator could be the focus of contagion... it
could be that the building’s ventilation is connected & is very poor, as is often the case in bathrooms’ 5/ english.elpais.com/society/2021-0…
could be that the building’s ventilation is connected & is very poor, as is often the case in bathrooms’ 5/ english.elpais.com/society/2021-0…
‘cluster of five cases of coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa discovered at the #apartment building.. there are concerns that the variant spread through common elements in the building such as corridors & elevators’ 6/ cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
‘Traces of virus detected in on the sink, faucet & shower handle of a long-vacant apartment.. the contaminated bathroom was directly above the home of five people confirmed a week earlier to have #Covid19’ 7/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
‘all parts of big buildings are connected to same wastewater plumbing system.. contaminated air can move freely in & out of the living space.. such buildings are also more prone to large pressure surges from overuse when lots of people are at home’ 8/theconversation.com/coronavirus-pe…
WHO: ‘Harmful viruses, including SARS coronavirus, can be sucked into homes.. solutions are simple & have already been implemented in most areas world-wide but in many places short-cuts in design, construction & maintenance continue to compromise safety’ 9/apps.who.int/iris/bitstream…
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