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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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

Where does the law stand on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s video of ‘shooting’ Muslims?

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's Hindu-Muslim polarisation is clearly done to maximise the odds of winning. But an important legal question is: does it expose him to legal liability?

FY23 chosen as new base for India’s GDP as it was 1st ‘normal economic year’ in a while—MoSPI secy

FY 2022-23 was the first normal economic year in recent years, said Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in an interview with ThePrint.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.