Guardian Online: Low risk of catching Covid in public toilets, study finds

Decorative tiled floor of public toilet, with a round floor sticker shown two footprints covering the tiles, as were used during the pandemic as markers to encourage social distancing.

Researchers analysing 38 studies from 13 countries, published between 2000-2020, have found that the risk of catching Covid-19 through airborne transmission in public toilets, is low.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/09/low-risk-of-catching-covid-in-public-toilets-study-finds

The journal article ‘Transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in public washrooms: A systematic review’, published in Science of the Total Environment Volume 803, 10 January 2022, 149932,  is linked to from TINKLE Resources: https://tinkle.rca.ac.uk/resource/transmission-of-covid-19-and-other-infectious-diseases/

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