Coronavirus ‘floats’ in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in youth hostels thanks to professional air humidification

Youth hostel are being opened, little by little Even if, as a hostel warden, you take particular care to implement strict hygiene rules, children and young people naturally want to make use of their freedom, especially in youth hostels. But as soon as they move about in the closed bedrooms and common rooms, another particularly high risk of infection, beyond that of familiar droplet infection – the so-called ‘aerosol’ – lurks for your guests, young and old. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has found an explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution…

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Corona virus floats in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in your hairdressing salon – thanks to professional air humidification

As a hairdresser, you have probably jumped back and forth between reception and waiting area, sink and chair in the last few days. Even if you’ve almost always managed to comply with the strict hygiene rules in the process, as a responsible operator you should keep an eye on the particular danger constituted by corona virus: In your salon, too, there is another particularly high risk of infection lurking beyond the familiar droplet infection – the so-called ‘aerosol’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has the explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution…

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Coronavirus floats in the air How to reduce the risk of infection in your fitness studio- thanks to professional air humidification

Did the members of your fitness studio have to queue up for the reopening? That’s a testament to you – and the confidence of the members in your hygiene measures. As the responsible operator, however, you should keep an eye on the particular risk posed by the corona virus, which has been confirmed by recent studies: In addition to the known droplet infection, another particularly high risk of infection lurks in your fitness studio – the so-called ‘aerosol’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has found an explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution …

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Coronaviruses ‘float’ in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in your school – thanks to professional air humidification

Bit by bit, schools are now returning to their normal timetables.  As a responsible headteacher, you should, in addition to implementing the strict hygiene regulations, also keep in mind a particular danger posed by the coronavirus, which has been confirmed by recent scientific studies: In addition to the already well-known droplet infection, another particularly potent infection risk lurks in classrooms – ‘aerosols’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has provided the explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution …

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Coronaviruses ‘float’ in the air: Banks and savings banks reduce risk of infection thanks to professional air humidification

Financial advisers at banks and savings banks are increasingly taking personal appointments again, while their colleagues at the cash desks were indispensable even at the height of the Corona crisis. But there is still a particularly high risk of infection lurking at the advisor’s desk, at the cash desk and in the customer waiting area – the aerosol. This is the name given to the fine, virus-containing mist of droplets which is formed during normal breathing and speaking, and which floats in the air as a highly infectious cloud for a particularly long time. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has found the explanation for this phenomenon – and also the solution …

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Coronaviruses ‘float’ in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in your massage salon – thanks to professional air humidification

Hopefully reopening will resolve the stress and tension that massage salons have been building up during the recent corona period as well. However, in addition to the new strict hygiene rules, you as the responsible business owner should keep the particular danger posed by the coronavirus in mind: Beyond the already well-known droplet infection, another particularly potent infection risk lurks in your salon – the ‘aerosol’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has provided the explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution …

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Coronavirus “floats” in the air: How you can reduce the risk of infection in the office thanks to professional humidification

Restrictions are loosening. Offices are also getting fuller with workers returning after working from home. However, if you rely solely on distancing regulations and masks to contain the corona virus, there is a high risk of infection. It is especially in closed office rooms with low humidity that the risk of infection lurks in the form of so-called aerosol particles, i.e. tiny exhaled infectious floating particles. This is why physicist Roland Netz from the Berlin Freie Universität recommends professional humidification. This means the droplets cannot shrink so quickly and tend to sink to the ground as heavier droplets.

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Coronavirus ‘floats’ in the air: Thanks to professional humidification, the risk of infection in public institutions can be reduced

Town halls, retirement homes, libraries and museums are gradually returning to normal. But the virus is still around, and anyone who relies solely on distancing rules and wearing masks to ward off infection face a high risk of infecting themselves and others.  Especially in closed office rooms with low humidity, the risk of infection lurks in the form of so-called aerosol particles, i.e. tiny infectious floating particles that are exhaled. That is why physicist Roland Netz from Berlin’s Freie Universität recommends professional air humidification. In this way, the droplets cannot shrink as quickly and are more likely to sink to the ground as heavier droplets.

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Notebooksbilliger.de opening its Munich store with innovative corona protection from Trotec: TAC V+

It’s been in the air for a while! ´The Robert Koch Institute has now also confirmed that the coronavirus spreads via the air in a room[1]. In order to reduce this risk of infection, PC retailer, Notebooksbilliger.de, is using more stringent coronavirus protection measures in its reopened store in Munich, even measures that go beyond the legal requirements. Trotec’s new TAC V+ high-frequency air purifier is designed to protect customers from airborne infection by filtering infectious aerosols (tiny saliva particles) out of the air in the room. According to scientists and virologists, aerosols are one of the main sources of infection for the coronavirus. If, on the other hand, the air in the room is permanently and effectively “cleaned”, in short time intervals, the risk of infection via aerosols released when speaking or coughing is significantly reduced.

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Germany: parcel delivery company DPD temporarily suspends operations due to corona outbreak.

The Heinsberg district continues to keep the world in suspense! Parcel delivery company DPD has therefore had to close its parcel centre in Hückelhoven (in the Heinsberg district) due to a massive corona outbreak. As it stands, at least 42 of the total of 400 employees have been tested positive for the coronavirus. However, more than 200 test results are still pending, expected on Monday. In order to prevent a further spread in the district, the public health department is checking people that may have been in contact with those infected and all 400 employees are in quarantine.

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