Coronaviruses spread faster indoors than outdoors.
A French research team claims to have found the most dangerous places.
Super spreaders, travel and private households are considered to be the main drivers of the coronavirus pandemic *.
Staying in closed rooms with many people also increases the risk of contracting Corona.
French researchers have now published a number of locations that they consider particularly dangerous.
According to French researchers, staying in a restaurant or bar increases the risk of contracting the coronavirus.
The researchers from the Pasteur Institute in Paris announced at the end of December 2020 that socializing with guests for dinner also increases the likelihood of infection.
The study confirms assumptions that eating together carries a higher risk than, for example, using public transport or shopping.
The scientists had examined which factors differentiated infected people from those who had not been infected with the coronavirus.
To do this, they compared the test persons' statements with regard to professions, means of transport and places visited.
In total, the researchers surveyed around 3,400 people who had contracted the virus and 1,700 people without a corona infection.
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We have recognized an increased risk associated with going to bars and restaurants,
" said lead author Arnaud Fontanet, who as a member of the scientific council also advises the French government.
Fitness studios have also turned out to be places for frequent infections.
Corona spread: "Private meetings - families, friends - are the main source of infections"
"Private meetings - families, friends - are the main source of infection," stressed Fontanet.
It makes no difference whether people come together in a public institution, a restaurant or at home
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Health officials around the world advise against meeting in crowded indoor spaces.
Numerous governments imposed measures such as the closure of restaurants, bars and gyms.
Scientists are increasingly agreeing that the new virus is spread via fine particle clouds, so-called aerosols - and this above all in poorly ventilated rooms.
(gap / dja / jg) *
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