It is in enclosed spaces that the risks of coronavirus contamination are greatest. In recent times, the question of the transmission of the virus in planes has arisen. A recent and short German study, published in the American journal Jama Network Open on Tuesday, gave rather reassuring results.
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Only two passengers contracted Covid-19
These are German tourists infected with the coronavirus who returned from Israel by plane on March 9. Virologists at the University Hospital in Frankfurt have contacted all the passengers on the flight to discover the real risk posed by the presence of infected passengers. On board, there were 102 passengers including a group of 24 tourists who had been in contact with the virus. Seven people were affected by Covid-19 inside this group but apart from these tourists, only two other passengers contracted the disease.
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This theft dates back to March 9. We are then at the start of the epidemic. At the time, there was then no mask and virtually no barrier measure. In their conclusions, the German researchers remain cautious but they still had the good surprise of detecting very few cases.
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Finally, they specify that several studies on repatriation flights from Wuhan, at the start of the pandemic, have established that no contamination, absolutely no, had taken place on board while the passengers were this time masked.