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Study reveals how COVID-19 attacks traveller's

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: August 3, 2020 17:11 IST

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The lockdown protocols are being relaxed slowly. Many special trains have been released in view of the festival. Gradually, the government is planning to start trains for ordinary passengers as well.
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Whether it is a long train journey or a nearby during corona virus, the chances of getting infected are high during the journey. According to experts, there is a danger of coronavirus up to 8 feet in the train.
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This study was done after unlocking. This study looked at how far the risk of coronavirus can be during train travel. This time two different things were studied.
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The risk of infection is 0.32 per cent for passengers in the seat next to the occupants. If a sick person is sitting on a seat, the risk of infection increases by 3.5 percent.
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This study showed that if both the infected person and the healthy person are sitting together on the seat, the risk of infection is highest. In addition, people in other categories have a 1.5 per cent risk of infection.
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The research was carried out in a high-speed train after the lockdown in China.
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The research was conducted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Not using a mask, touching the mouth with your hands can increase the risk of infection.
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Unless social distance up to 8 feet is observed during train travel, the risk of transmission to healthy persons is high.
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