Duh did we need a study of the obvious?
Duh did we need a study of the obvious?
Chlorinated swimming pool water can inactivate the virus that causes COVID-19 in just 30 seconds, a study found as indoor pools re-open across England this week.
Virologists from Imperial College London studied the impact of varying concentrations of chlorine in water on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The findings suggest that the risk of COVID-19 transmission via swimming pool water is 'incredibly' low, the researchers reported.
The investigation was commissioned by Swim England and the Water Babies swim school, with support from the Royal Life Saving Society.
We performed these experiments at our high containment laboratories in London,' explained study author Wendy Barclay, of the Imperial College London.
'Under these safe conditions we are able to measure the ability of the virus to infect cells, which is the first step in its transmission.
'By mixing the virus with swimming pool water that was delivered to us by the Water Babies team, we could show that the virus does not survive in swimming pool water — it was no longer infectious.
Chlorinated swimming pool water can inactivate the virus that causes COVID-19 in just 30 seconds, a study found as indoor pools re-open across England this week.
Virologists from Imperial College London studied the impact of varying concentrations of chlorine in water on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The findings suggest that the risk of COVID-19 transmission via swimming pool water is 'incredibly' low, the researchers reported.
The investigation was commissioned by Swim England and the Water Babies swim school, with support from the Royal Life Saving Society.
We performed these experiments at our high containment laboratories in London,' explained study author Wendy Barclay, of the Imperial College London.
'Under these safe conditions we are able to measure the ability of the virus to infect cells, which is the first step in its transmission.
'By mixing the virus with swimming pool water that was delivered to us by the Water Babies team, we could show that the virus does not survive in swimming pool water — it was no longer infectious.
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