Don't remove face masks in toilets, scientists warn
Bangkok Post ตีพิมพ์ข่าวผลการวิจัย เรื่อง Effects of face masks and ventilation on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 respiratory transmission in public toilets: a quantitative microbial risk assessment และคำแนะนำที่ได้จากการเสวนา “ใช้ห้องน้ำสาธารณะอย่างไรให้ปลอดภัยจากโควิด” ที่เฟซบุ๊กเพจ Zero C Thailand รวมพลังไทยลดยอดติดเชื้อ ให้เหลือ “0”
“People are being warned not to remove face masks when in public toilets and closed spaces such as elevators after a study found that people can easily contract the novel coronavirus while using these facilities.
The study, conducted by a team of researchers led by Chulabhorn Research Institute researcher Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, found that using public toilets may increase the risk of Covid-19 via airborne transmission.
The study, published in the Journal of Water and Health, focused on the effects of face masks and ventilation and the risk of Covid-19 respiratory transmission in public toilets.
It looked at scenarios where an individual used a public toilet after a Covid-19 infected person. One involved neither of them wearing a face mask and others where they both wore N95 or surgical face masks. …”