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Harvard Study Backs Airlines’ Actions Against COVID-19 Virus

The Aviation Public Health Initiative report endorses an approach featuring face masks, air filtration and social distancing.

by Linda Werfelman | November 3, 2020

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The multi-layered approach being used by commercial airlines to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, combined with requirements for crewmembers and passengers to wear face masks, has resulted in a very low risk of disease transmission in airplanes, according to a new study by the Aviation Public Health Initiative.1


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