This coronavirus study might have you rethinking your next flight

[Chris Smith]

• A study shows that coronavirus transmission from asymptomatic carriers is possible.
• COVID-19 can spread inside an airplane even when precautions are taken, and the study suggests that common spaces like toilets can spread the illness.
• Researchers who handled the safe evacuation of Korean citizens from Milan in late March were able to prove that asymptomatic COVID-19 transmission can happen during flights.
• The scientists controlled everything from start to finish, observing, testing, and quarantining everyone involved.

A single study from Korea delivers several important details about the novel coronavirus.

First of all, asymptomatic carriers can infect other people. More studies have shown in the past few months that asymptomatic carriers can develop a viral load similar to symptomatic patients and that their bodies do show signs consistent with the infection even if the patients themselves do not report any symptoms.

Secondly, COVID-19 infections on a plane are possible. Some studies looked at the matter in the past few weeks, suggesting that flying during the novel coronavirus pandemic might be safer than we first thought. Those studies did not eliminate the risk of spread aboard an airplane, but said the risk is very low if all health recommendations are followed.

Thirdly, the study seems to indicate that COVID-19 spread in bathrooms is a real risk aboard planes. Other studies had already raised the possibility of COVID-19 aerosol transmission in restrooms, and this one seems to confirm those findings. What makes this study more important is that all the people who traveled on the flight were observed closely before and after the plane took off.

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