Can Air Conditioning Spread the Coronavirus?

Experts are worried that air conditioning will spread the coronavirus in public places. According to new research, air conditioning may circulate infectious droplets containing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus. A newly published study found in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, reveals that several people in a restaurant in Wuhan, China contracted COVID-19 just by sitting near an air-conditioning vent, where the coronavirus was first discovered. This study has now sparked arguments between experts about the role of summer's heat on how viral SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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