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The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: a focus on wintertime.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Stettler, Marc EJ 
Kumar, Prashant 
De Mel, Ishanki 

Abstract

The year 2020 has seen the emergence of a global pandemic as a result of the disease COVID-19. This report reviews knowledge of the transmission of COVID-19 indoors, examines the evidence for mitigating measures, and considers the implications for wintertime with a focus on ventilation.

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Keywords

Building ventilation, COVID-19, Infection control, SARS-CoV-2

Journal Title

Proc Math Phys Eng Sci

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Journal ISSN

1364-5021
1471-2946

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Publisher

The Royal Society
Sponsorship
EPSRC (EP/W001411/1)
This work was undertaken as a contribution to the Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic (RAMP) initiative, coordinated by the Royal Society.