According to a Spanish study, the terraces would be a place of contamination because the smoke could transport the Covid-19 on a perimeter of 8 meters.
Smoke makes terraces high places of Covid-19 contamination according to the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (Separate). As reported by theIndependent, the Spanish body warns that the virus can spread with smoke within a radius of eight meters.
One of the measures to fight against the spread of the virus would then be the ban on smoking and vaping on the terraces of cafes or restaurants. According to Separ, Covid-19 can also be transmitted in droplets: “The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is mainly favored by aerosols emitted during breathing, this is the most important means of transmission than by way. Thus, in spaces where there are smokers or vapers, coronaviruses with a diameter of 0.1 microns can join larger tobacco smoke particles and these virus-laden aerosols can reach a perimeter of 8 meters,” say the scientists.
The conclusions of this study lead Separ to insist on the need to reform tobacco control laws. In particular by prohibiting the possibility of smoking in public spaces such as terraces. A measure to fight against the spread of the Covid-19 virus but also all other cigarette-related diseases.