“Open water cannot be considered a source of transmission of a new coronavirus infection, because the water is exposed to a large amount of sunlight, which is harmful to the virus,” the Interfax report says.
The Rospotrebnadzor assured that there is no data on the possibility of the spread of coronavirus through water.
At the same time, the department reminded of the risk of infection in the water with rotavirus, hepatitis, dysentery and a number of other infections.
In this regard, they warned about the need to carefully choose a bathing place and called not to swim with symptoms of SARS, the presence of wounds and abrasions on the skin, not to swallow water from the reservoir, and after bathing to rinse with clean water and then take a shower with soap and washcloth.
Earlier, the Crimean doctor Anton Elster assessed the threat of becoming infected with a coronavirus while swimming in the sea.