But there was one that could at least help reduce your risk of picking up the virus — fresh air. The experts are calling for indoor air quality standards to be agreed and enforced by governments and for monitors to display the quality of air on public buildings. 'Being indoors with someone infected, with no fresh air, the particles can remain in the air for hours and build up over time.' One of the chief issues with poor air flow in any building is that it allows indoor air pollution to build up. 'Now is the time to apply the lessons we have learned from Covid-19 — and to look at the ways we can transform our indoor air.'

Source: The Nation May 17, 2021 21:56 UTC