Government’s winter coronavirus campaign encourages people to open windows
Government’s winter coronavirus campaign encourages people to open windows

The Government is encouraging people to improve ventilation in their homes byopening windows as part of a new coronavirus campaign.

A video released by theDepartment for Health illustrates how virus particles linger in enclosedspaces, but letting fresh air in can reduce the risk of infection by over 70%.Coronavirus is spread through the air by droplets and smaller particles knownas aerosols when they are exhaled from the nose and mouth of an infectedperson as they breathe, speak or cough.

They move in a similar way to smokebut are invisible, and the majority of virus transmissions happen inside.