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Covid-19: “Improving indoor air quality must become a priority”

2022-09-15T16:34:34.490Z


INTERVIEW - Professor Antoine Flahault is director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva.


LE FIGARO.

- Is France doing enough to improve ventilation in public places in order to limit the transmission of Sars-CoV-2?

Professor Antoine FLAHAULT.

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Unfortunately no, France has done nothing to improve the quality of indoor air in buildings open to the public.

And we know today that the transmission of pathogenic agents by aerosol goes well beyond the scope of Covid-19 alone, this is also the case for influenza viruses, RSV, which is so contagious in children, the tuberculosis bacillus and many other infectious agents.

The brain, mental and cognitive development of children would also benefit from good quality air.

Priority should therefore be given to schools for all these reasons, then to bars and restaurants where you cannot wear masks, public transport where you are often crowded and crowded without being able to open the windows. , and finally shared offices and meeting rooms.

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