Keeping six feet apart may not be enough to protect people from COVID-19 during windy weather, warns a new study. Scientists say the risk of transmitting the virus is higher when it's windy.
While there are still many unknowns about the airborne transmission of coronavirus, researchers have warned that saliva droplets travel further when even the slightest of breezes is present.
The study, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, revealed that - with a breeze of just four kilometres-per-hour - droplets travel 18 feet in five seconds.
Study author Professor Dimitris Drikakis, Vice President for Global Partnerships at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, said: "The droplet cloud will affect both adults and children of different heights.
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