Surface and air contamination with SARS-CoV-2 from hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Toronto, Canada, March-May 2020.

Jonathon D KotwaAlainna J JamalHamza MbarecheLily YipPatryk AftanasShiva BaratiNatalie G BellElizabeth BryceEric CoomesGloria CrowlCaroline DuchaineAmna FaheemLubna FarooqiRyan HiebertKevin KatzSaman KhanRobert KozakAngel X LiHenna P MistryMohammad MozafarihashjinJalees A NasirKuganya NirmalarajahEmily M PanousisAimee PatersonSimon PlenderleithJeff PowisKarren ProstRenée SchryerMaureen TaylorMarc VeilletteTitus WongXi Zoe ZhongAndrew G Mc ArthurAllison J Mc GeerSamira Mubareka

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2021)

The infrequent recovery of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus from the environment suggests that the risk to healthcare workers from air and near-patient surfaces in acute care hospital wards is likely limited.

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