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SUBMITTER: Chia PY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260225 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chia Po Ying PY Coleman Kristen Kelli KK Tan Yian Kim YK Ong Sean Wei Xiang SWX Gum Marcus M Lau Sok Kiang SK Lim Xiao Fang XF Lim Ai Sim AS Sutjipto Stephanie S Lee Pei Hua PH Son Than The TT Young Barnaby Edward BE Milton Donald K DK Gray Gregory C GC Schuster Stephan S Barkham Timothy T De Partha Pratim PP Vasoo Shawn S Chan Monica M Ang Brenda Sze Peng BSP Tan Boon Huan BH Leo Yee-Sin YS Ng Oon-Tek OT Wong Michelle Su Yen MSY Marimuthu Kalisvar K
Nature communications 20200529 1
Understanding the particle size distribution in the air and patterns of environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 is essential for infection prevention policies. Here we screen surface and air samples from hospital rooms of COVID-19 patients for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Environmental sampling is conducted in three airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIRs) in the ICU and 27 AIIRs in the general ward. 245 surface samples are collected. 56.7% of rooms have at least one environmental surface contaminated. H ...[more]