a team in cambridge has shown that an off the shelf air filter can potentially remove almost all infectious airborne coronavirus from a hospital ward. scientists at the universityjoined with doctors at addenbrooke s hospital to see just how much difference an air filter makes and their experiment produced dramatic results, that could be used to make hospitals and other public buildings safer. here s our science correspondent richard westcott. there s evidence that the coronavirus can spread through tiny droplets floating in the air. when people cough, laugh, sneeze, even breathe. so intensive care doctor vilas had an idea. would off the shelf air purifiers stop the virus floating around a covid ward? the results were dramatic. they tested the air without the machines, first of all, and, for five days, they found tiny droplets of the virus floating around. then they switched the machines on and the virus went, for five days.
going on display in liverpool. do you want to come and see it, for the first time in 25 years? yeah. it s time, i think. how are you both feeling? it is overwhelming. um, and ifeel quite shaky, to be honest. it s stunning. it has aged well. yeah, i hope we ve aged as well as it! a team in cambridge has shown that an off the shelf air filter can potentially remove almost all infectious airborne coronavirus from a hospital ward. scientists at the universityjoined with doctors at addenbrooke s hospital to see just how much difference an air filter makes and their experiment produced dramatic results, that could be used to make hospitals and other public buildings safer. here s our science correspondent richard westcott.
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