ArticleJournal of hazardous materials2022
Spread of SARS-CoV-2 aerosols via two connected drainage stacks in a high-rise housing outbreak of COVID-19.
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- Probable cross-corridor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 due to cross airflows and its control.Building and environment · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Transmission Through Vertical Sanitary Drains in High-Rise Buildings - Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, March 2022.China CDC weekly · 2022Article
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Abstract
Vertical transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) along a vertical column of flats has been documented in several outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Guangdong and Hong Kong. We describe an outbreak in Luk Chuen House, involving two vertical columns of flats associated with an unusually connected two-stack drainage system, in which nine individuals from seven households were infected. The index case resided in Flat 812 (8th floor, Unit 12), two flats (813, 817) on its opposite side reported one case each (i.e., a horizontal sub-cluster). All other flats with infected residents were vertically associated, forming a vertical sub-cluster. We injected tracer gas (SF
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