Two studies now want to have proven that people can be infected with the corona virus during a flight despite good ventilation.
But what is it?
Good ventilation should reduce corona infections in the aircraft to a minimum, explained the Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry.
But how unlikely is the risk of infection on the plane * really?
Two studies aim to provide information.
According to the study, there is a risk of corona infection on long-haul flights
In the study by Trong-Tai Nguyen from Hanoi Medical University, which appeared in the journal "Emerging Infectious Diseases", it says: "The spread of SARS-CoV-2 across international borders by infected travelers is well documented." sufficient evidence and "in-depth assessment of the risk of in-flight transmission from infected passengers to other passengers or crew members limited".
The international aviation industry would have assessed the risk of transmission during a flight to be very low.
Especially
long-haul flights, however, would this cause justified concerns
.
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Four corona cases on board: probability of infection on the plane
In a second study by Edward M. Choi, which was also published in the journal "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
four corona cases
in connection with a
flight from Boston to Hong Kong were analyzed
.
Two crew members and a traveling couple became infected.
The researchers demonstrated a Sars-CoV-2 infection in all four people affected.
In addition, they were able to determine the genetic sequence of the respective pathogen from the samples with the result that all four were identical.
In the period between January and June 2020, around 30,000 complete Sars-Cov-2 genomes were also stored in a database.
None of these genomes were 100 percent identical to the four cases on the plane, which makes it extremely
likely that the four people on board were infected
.
(sca) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen editorial network.
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