By Rowan Quinn, Health Correspondent for RNZAn investigation in the Pullman Hotel outbreak is looking at whether airborne particles generated by bowel movements could have been a factor. A Ministry of Health report into the Pullman Hotel outbreak last month, where guests from the hotel were found to have Covid-19 after they had left the managed isolation facility. It recommended an investigation of bathroom exhaust fans because airborne virus particles can be generated by bowel movements of infected people. Ventilation has long been one of the suspected spreaders of the virus between hotel guests but the report said the cause of the Pullman outbreak may be because of multiple factors and may never be known. Evidence was mounting that small particles of the virus could stay airborne for a long time and travel relatively long distances, the report said.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 22, 2021 23:14 UTC