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Friday, April 10, 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

J&K statehood just a matter of time—‘Naya Kashmir’ first has to resolve complex issues

Both the central and state governments of J&K have done remarkably well to stabilise the situation and put the state back on the rails.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.