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New images from the European Space Agency show a decrease in air pollution over northern Italy amid the country's coronavirus lockdown. The cleaner air will hopefully provide some relief as China copes with a novel coronavirus that affects the lungs. Recent research suggests that contagious novel coronavirus particles can linger in the air for a few hours.
Jimenez and other building scientists involved in coronavirus prevention are currently advising MERV filters are rated on how efficiently they remove particles in a specific size range from the air.
Seen in the foreground is a thermographic monitor set up to check their body temperatures.
New images from the European Space Agency show a decrease in air pollution over northern Italy amid the country's coronavirus lockdown. We know the coronavirus is in respiratory droplets, and it probably also spreads via smaller particles. (Getty Images: Tara Moore). The coronavirus is small and easily transported by airborne particles of saliva. fotograzia/Moment via Getty Images.