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Can SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, be transmitted through plumbing systems?

The World Health Organization found that floor drains were a conduit for aerosolized virus to travel between apartment units and contributed to a super-spreading event of SARS-CoV infection in residents.1

SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has been detected in the feces of some patients diagnosed with COVID-19. In February 2020, an investigation was launched into a similar spreading event of this coronavirus between residents living in a Hong Kong high-rise tower called Hong Mei House and health officials suspect malfunction of the interconnected plumbing system allowed the coronavirus to spread between apartment units.

According to a study in the journal Lancet Global Health, the interconnectedness of the wastewater plumbing network can facilitate exposure to SARS-CoV-2 within, or even between, buildings.2 This is of particular concern in high-risk transmission settings such as hospitals and healthcare buildings, as well as mixed use buildings, multi-unit residential and lodging, and high-traffic commercial businesses such as restaurants.

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1 World Health Organization. (‎2003)‎. Consensus document on the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome (‎SARS)‎. World Health Organization. [ Ссылка ]

2 Gormley, M., Aspray, T. J., & Kelly, D. A. (2020). COVID-19: mitigating transmission via wastewater plumbing systems. Lancet Global Health. [ Ссылка ]30112-1

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