A new study suggests that, in a multi-room building, rapid air exchanges can spread the virus rapidly from the source room into other rooms at high concentrations. Particle levels spike in adjacent rooms within 30 minutes and remain elevated for up to 90 minutes.

 

The findings, published in the journal Building and Environment, come from researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

 

SciVIBE talks to lead author, Leonard Pease and co-author Timothy Salsbury to learn more about this new study.