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Monday, September 8, 2025
TopicAirborne transmission

Topic: Airborne transmission

First of its kind study in Lancet shows how indoor events can take place safely during pandemic

Researchers conducted a live concert in Spain with 465 people and safety measures like ventilation, antigen tests. None of the attendees tested positive for Covid, 8 days later.

How to reduce risk of indoor Covid transmission? MIT online app has some answers

According to study by MIT researchers, masks are more important in closed, poorly-ventilated rooms than social distancing to reduce transmission risk.

This mask could protect against Covid 25 times longer than cloth masks, researchers say

Touted as the 'more perfect mask’, PAPR devices have powered air-purifying respirators that filter out 98% of aerosols and could help people return to shared public spaces without fear of falling sick.

Holding your breath could increase risk of contracting Covid, IIT-Madras study finds

Study by IIT Madras researchers reveals that airborne viruses are more likely to deposit in lungs in those who have low breathing rate.

Vaccines can fight Covid but we still don’t know if they can stop transmission of virus

If a vaccine does not meaningfully reduce viral transmission, it leaves the unimmunized relatively vulnerable and has a better chance to keep mutating and evade our defenses.

Why US CDC is all confused about coronavirus being ‘airborne’ or not

Airborne transmission means different things to different people. If thrown at the public with no explanation, it might suggest, wrongly, that conversations across street are high risk.

On Camera

Bangladeshi Hindus are celebrating CAA extension. It’s their lifeline

Bangladeshi Hindu leaders are either in jail or in hiding. And some journalists who tried to report their continued persecution have either lost their jobs or mysteriously died.

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Modi to address military brass next week; theaterisation & Op Sindoor on agenda for Kolkata conference

New Delhi: In his first such address to the top military leadership since Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and preside over...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?