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<ul><li>The <keyword id="55119" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Technology">Indian Institute of Technology</keyword> (IIT) Delhi is all set to establish a ‘NEW Zealand Centre’ at its campus to accelerate research practices. </li><li>The institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with eight <keyword id="7776893" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Universities-in-New-Zealand">universities in New Zealand</keyword>. </li><li>All eight universities and <keyword id="57604" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="iit-delhi">IIT Delhi</keyword> will infuse $50,000 each — contributing $10,000 in total to facilitate academic workshops and research projects. </li><li>In 2019, New Zealand witnessed a whopping 71% increase in Indian students studying there. </li></ul>The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is all set to establish a ‘NEW Zealand Centre’ at its campus to accelerate research practices and long term collaboration. The institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with eight universities in the country. “The New Zealand Centre embodies our efforts to embrace internationalization, open up opportunities for new research collaborations and increase global exposure for our students. We look forward to collaborating more with universities from New Zealand,” said Prof. Sanjeev Sanghi, Dean – Alumni Affairs and International Programmes at IIT Delhi. Under the partnership, the participating universities — including the <keyword id="225706" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="University-of-Auckland">University of Auckland</keyword>, University of Otago and <keyword id="1101420" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lincoln-University">Lincoln University</keyword> — and IIT Delhi will infuse $50,000 each — contributing $10,000 in total to facilitate academic workshops and research projects. Other participating universities include AUT University, Massey University, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato and University of Canterbury — all of which feature in the top universities, according to the QS Rankings. The centre will also act as a forum for diplomatic and trade relations between the two nations. It will allow researchers and academicians across sectors come together and support student mobility. This includes research on data science, cyber security, energy and environmental studies, and advanced biological and healthcare systems and engineering, sustainable cities, technologies for clean water. John Laxon, Education New Zealand’s Regional Director Asia, said that the New Zealand Centre would be a one-of-a-kind research establishment. In 2019, New Zealand witnessed a whopping 71% increase in Indian students studying there. “This is a significant step in New Zealand’s long-term education relationship with India. IIT Delhi is the ideal partner to progress our research collaborations for the development of leading-edge research through the association,” said Professor Jennifer Dixon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Engagement at University of Auckland. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/education/news/iit-roorkee-collaborates-with-bitgrit-japan-to-host-datathon-at-the-inter-iit-tech-meet/articleshow/72508674.cms">India’s best young minds will come together to find an algorithm that can cut risk on forex positions</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/cognizant-to-hire-20000-digitally-ready-freshers-with-higher-starting-salaries-of-4-lakh-per-annum/articleshow/74075931.cms">Cognizant to hire 20,000 ‘digitally ready’ freshers — with higher starting salaries of ₹4 lakh per annum</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/the-boss-machine-is-here-ai-is-all-set-to-eliminate-middle-managers-in-8-years/articleshow/73474729.cms">The boss machine is here — AI is all set to eliminate middle management in 8 years</a>

IIT Delhi partners with New Zealand Universities to boost research in data science, sustainability and healthcare

<ul><li>Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings has rolled out University Impact Rankings 2019 highlighting JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, India as a top entrant in the list. </li><li>On the gender equality front, Pondicherry university found a mention in <keyword id="1582424" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="THE-Rankings">the rankings</keyword>, but only in the top 200-rank bracket. </li><li>None of Indian universities found spots in the top 100.</li></ul>Indian universities still lag behind educational institutions of many countries when it comes to making progress in ‘social impact’ aligned with the UN’s sustainable development goals. Times Higher Education (THE) world <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/impact/2019/gender-equality#!/page/0/length/-1/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined">university rankings</a> recently rolled out University Impact Rankings 2019 focused on exploring universities across the globe based on United Nations sustainable development goals (SDG). This includes teaching, research, citations and industry income on sustainability front. Even elite institutions from India did not rank in the top 100, but there was a silver lining. While the mainstream Indian <keyword id="55119" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Technology">Indian Institute of Technology</keyword> (IITs) and Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) did not make it to the list of ‘impactful’ universities, a much smaller Indian university JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research secured a spot in 101-200 bracket scoring 80.8 points for citations. The JSS academy<a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/jss-academy-finds-place-in-the-world-university-rankings/article25075539.ece"> reportedly</a> has a student base of 5,500 enrolled across 147 academic programmes in four campuses — JSS Medical College, JSS Dental College and JSS College of Pharmacy (all in Mysuru) and JSS Pharmacy College in Ooty. Globally, the University of Auckland, Canada’s McMaster University, University of British Columbia and the University of Manchester, UK were the top performers in the rankings. However, IIT’s Indore, Bombay and Roorkee campuses were ranked in the top 500 universities across the globe, said the report. On the gender equality front, Indian institutes only secured ranks above 200 with Pondicherry University scoring 42.1-57 average points. <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/impact/2019/gender-equality#!/page/0/length/-1/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined">Here were the top 10</a>. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/here-are-the-25-most-popular-workplaces-in-india-according-to-linkedin/articleshow/68704338.cms">Here are the 25 most popular workplaces in India, according to LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/one-in-every-three-working-professionals-in-india-feels-stuck-and-going-nowhere-in-their-jobs-linkedin-survey/articleshow/68578305.cms">One in every three working professionals in India feels stuck and going nowhere in their jobs: LinkedIn survey</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/engineers-in-india-lack-the-right-job-skills-including-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-report/articleshow/68516807.cms">A staggering 80% of engineers in India are unemployable: Report</a>

Indian universities lag many countries in ‘social impact’ rankings: Survey

<ul><li>Trading activity in New Zealand's stock exchange was halted for a second consecutive day as "mafia style" hackers targeted the country's stock market with a <keyword id="108450" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="cyber-attack">cyber attack</keyword>, authorities confirmed.</li><li>The stock exchange said in a statement that it faced a "volumetric distributed denial of service" attack from offshore via its network service provider. </li><li>The attack has now been dealt with and NZX resumed market operations on Wednesday afternoon. </li><li>Speaking to Radio New Zealand, Auckland University of <keyword id="6355118" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="technology">Technology</keyword> Professor Dave Parry said that the attack was likely carried out by a "mafia type" gang of hackers.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Trading activity in New Zealand's stock exchange was halted for a second consecutive day as "mafia style" hackers targeted the country's stock market with a cyber attack, authorities confirmed.The New Zealand Stock Exchange <a href="https://www.nzx.com/markets/NZSX/announcements">said in a pair of statements Wednesday</a> that the exchange was targeted by hackers on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and faced a "volumetric distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack from offshore via its network service provider. "The systems impacted included NZX websites and the <keyword id="31671" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets">Markets</keyword> Announcement Platform. As such, NZX decided to halt trading in its cash markets at approximately 15.57," the exchange said of the Tuesday attack.On Wednesday, hackers struck again, with the exchange going down at just after 11 a.m. local time. It remained offline until around 3 p.m, the exchange said. The attack has been dealt with and connectivity has been restored, the exchange added."This morning NZX experienced a further disruption similar to yesterday's related to a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack." the exchange said.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/investing-advice-portfolio-strategy-changes-post-covid-world-blackrock-2020-8">BlackRock unpacks the 4 biggest changes it has made to portfolios since the crisis began 6 months ago — and shares how it's positioning to thrive in a post-COVID world</a>"A DDoS attack aims to disrupt service by saturating a network with significant volumes of internet traffic," it added. <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/424472/nzx-down-again-after-another-cyber-attack">Speaking to Radio New Zealand,</a> Auckland University of Technology Professor Dave Parry said that the attack was likely carried out by a "mafia type" gang of hackers."It [the DDoS attack] indicates whoever's doing the attacking is probably significantly skilled. These are quite sophisticated gangs and thinking along the lines of mafia type people is about right really, you're not really able to do this on a shoestring," he said."Unfortunately the skills and software to do this are widely available and the disruption of COVID and people working from home all over the world potentially with lower security on their computers means that these attacks are easier than usual."No information has been given about the possible location of the hackers.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-picking-strategy-11-part-model-market-legend-david-ryan-2020-8">US investing champion David Ryan famously garnered a compounded return of 1,379% in just 3 years. Here is the 11-part criteria he uses to find the next big winner</a>The attack on New Zealand's stock exchange comes after several high profile cyber attacks on neighbouring Australia. Australian prime minister Scott Morrison said in June the country had been the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/australia-suffers-state-based-cyber-attack-reports-blame-china-2020-6">target of a large-scale cyber attack.</a>Scott Morrison said attacks had comprehensive in scope, aimed at the government, education, health, and business sectors.

New Zealand's stock exchange was shut down on 2 straight days after a cyberattack likely launched by a 'mafia type' group

Incidence of stroke and related deaths are rising substantially around the world, with <keyword id="19900550" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="air-pollution" source="keywords">air pollution</keyword>, <keyword id="21334318" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="high-temperatures" source="keywords">high temperatures</keyword> and metabolic risk factors such as high blood pressure and physical inactivity, driving these increases, according to estimates published in The Lancet Neurology journal. Researchers found that the contribution of high temperatures to poor health and early death due to stroke has increased 72% since 1990 and is likely to continue increasing in the future, thereby highlighting how environmental factors can impact growing stroke burden. Further, for the first time, particulate matter or PM air pollution was found to have the same contribution as smoking towards causing a fatal form of brain bleed, according to the researchers forming the <keyword id="20691740" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Global-Burden-of-Disease" source="keywords">Global Burden of Disease</keyword>, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) group. The GBD study, the "largest and most comprehensive effort to quantify health loss across places and over time", is coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, US. Globally, the number of people experiencing a stroke for the first time rose to 119 lakh in 2021 -- up by 70% since 1990 -- while deaths related to stroke rose to 73 lakh, which was up by 44% since 1990, making the neurological condition the third leading cause of death after ischaemic heart disease (short supply of blood to heart) and COVID-19. They added that over three-fourth of those affected by strokes live in low- and middle-income countries. According to lead author Valery L. Feigin from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, the rapid growth in the number of people affected by stroke strongly suggested that <keyword id="23228151" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="stroke-prevention" source="keywords">stroke prevention</keyword> strategies currently used are not sufficiently effective. "New, proven effective population-wide and motivational individual prevention strategies that could be applied to all people at risk of having a stroke, regardless of the level of risk, as recommended in the recent Lancet Neurology Commission on Stroke should be implemented across the globe urgently," said Feigin. The researchers also estimated that stroke-related liabilities attributable to 23 modifiable risk factors, including air pollution, excess body weight, high blood pressure, smoking and physical inactivity, increased from 100 million years of healthy life lost in 1990 to 135 million in 2021. These risk factors are present in huge numbers in Eastern Europe, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, they said. The authors also acknowledged substantial progress made in reducing the global stroke burden from risk factors linked to poor diet, air pollution and smoking. Poor health resulting from diets high in processed meat and low in vegetables declined by 40 % and 30%, respectively, while that due to PM air pollution and smoking fell by 20 % and 13%, respectively, they found. The results suggested that strategies for reducing exposure to these risk factors over the past three decades such as clean air zones and public smoking bans have been successful, the authors said. They called for implementing and monitoring the evidence-based recommendations set out in the 2023 World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission on stroke for drastically reducing the global burden of stroke in the years to come and improving brain health and overall well-being of millions of people around the world. The recommendations include stroke surveillance programmes that monitor indicators of stroke such as incidence, recurrence, death rates and risk factors in a country, and care and rehabilitation services for people affected by stroke.

Stroke cases increasing globally, air pollution, high temperatures driving numbers, notes Lancet Study

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the watchdog for workplace safety, just released guidance on how <keyword id="47357" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="offices">offices</keyword> can better ventilate spaces to reduce the transmission of <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> through small particles in the air.</li><li>The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-coronavirus-can-travel-6-feet-through-the-air-indoors-2020-10">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said</a> small COVID-19 particles can travel longer distances in enclosed spaces that have "inadequate ventilation." </li><li><keyword id="399362" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="OSHA">OSHA</keyword> recommends offices introduce fresh air by keeping windows open where possible.</li><li>The US recorded 103,000 cases of COVID-19 on November 5, the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-surpasses-103000-new-covid-cases-highest-single-day-count-2020-11">highest single-day count of new daily COVID-19 cases.</a></li></ul>The US regulator for workplace safety just recommended offices open windows to decrease the spread of COVID-19. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency that inspects workplace safety, released guidance on November 5 instructing offices to "consider steps to optimize building ventilation." OSHA said heating, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals can help offices ensure the building ventilates air efficiently. The new <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> continues to spread across the US, as the country recorded the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-surpasses-103000-new-covid-cases-highest-single-day-count-2020-11">highest single-day count of new daily COVID-19 cases with 103,000</a>.OSHA instructs workplaces to ensure all HVAC systems are functional and filters with a Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value rating of 13. OSHA also recommends offices introduce fresh air by increasing the HVAC's outdoor air intake or open windows where possible, and to keep exhaust fans running at maximum capacity in restrooms.Scientists agree that COVID-19 primarily spreads when an infected person releases <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coronavirus-travel-through-air-droplets-aerosols-2020-3">droplets in the air when talking</a>, coughing, or sneezing. These droplets typically travel <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-passes-between-people-6-feet-apart-2020">up to 6 feet</a>, but the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-coronavirus-can-travel-6-feet-through-the-air-indoors-2020-10">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said</a> smaller COVID-19 particles can travel longer distances in enclosed spaces that had "inadequate ventilation." Thus, enclosed offices that don't have proper ventilation can pose a risk to staff. A recent <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/south-korean-call-center-covid-19-outbreak-seating-chart-2020-4">study</a> on an outbreak in a call center in South Korea found that 44% of infected workers sat on the same floor, and almost all of them sat close together."In such a tightly enclosed space without vigorous air movement for a short period of time, I'm afraid you might be exposed," William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University told <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-risk-higher-tight-indoor-spaces-with-little-air-flow-2020-5">Business Insider's Aylin Woodward</a>. Ventilation, or the process of introducing outdoor air indoors, can reduce the COVID-19 particles circulating indoors. Along with keeping windows open and bringing fresh air inside, offices can reduce the spread of coronavirus by staggering shifts, keeping remote <keyword id="6355058" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="work">work</keyword>, and enforcing flexible schedules, Rachel Morrison, a professor of work psychology at the Auckland University of Technology, wrote in <a href="https://theconversation.com/goodbye-to-the-crowded-office-how-coronavirus-will-change-the-way-we-work-together-137382">The Conversation</a>.

The US's workplace safety regulator just released guidance on how to ventilate offices to decrease the airborne spread of COVID-19

<ul><li>Even if you sleep during weekends and your sleeping pattern on weekdays continue to have a few hours, you will still have serious health consequences. </li><li>Those who slept well on weekends lose all the gains as soon as they get back to their normal schedule. </li><li>Separately, a new Zealand firm has found a new way of reducing stress in employees that requires them to work only four days a week and a paid holiday. </li></ul>Sleeping for more hours on weekends doesn’t make a difference at all and it is not going to help you to get away from the negative effects of staying awake on the weekdays, claims a recent scientific <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30098-3">study</a>. According to the<a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/53670-can-you-catch-up-on-sleep-on-the-weekend"> study</a>, even if you sleep during weekends and your sleeping pattern on weekdays continue to have few hours, you will still have serious health consequences. Apart from gaining weight, you may develop a strange habit of eating after dinner. The study, <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30098-3">published Thursday in the journal Current Biology</a>, segregated 36 participants to three groups who were asked to follow different sleeping patterns over the next 10 days. The first group was allowed to sleep for nine hours each night. The second group was asked to sleep for five hours all throughout the study whereas the last group had to sleep for five hours for Monday to Friday and had leverage of sleeping without restriction on weekends. Both the groups which were asked to sleep for five hours tend to eat more and gain weight, says the study. Men showed a 2.8% increase in their weight in comparison to women who witnessed only 1.1% of weight gain. Those who slept well on weekends lose all the gains as soon as they get back to their normal schedule. Sleep deprivation increases the risk of metabolic disease in the long term. “In our study, individuals with more irregular sleep and wake times tended to be less physically active, more stressed, and more depressed — all of which could contribute to poorer hearth and metabolic health,” reported Inverse citing study Co-author, Jessica Lunsford-Avery. Does this mean we need a long weekend? Working on Mondays can be stressful especially when there are still four more days left until the next weekend. But a New Zealand firm — that was <a href="https://www.4dayweek.co.nz/four-day-week-trial">experimenting </a>four days work week — found that there is a 20% increase in productivity along with higher profits and better staff behavior. Perpetual Guardian, a New Zealand financial services company, asked its 240 employees to work four days a week instead of five days from last November without any change in their employment condition or remuneration — so, the staff was asked to work for 30 hours a week instead of 37.5 hours and give the same output. The trial was then monitored by University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology. There results after eight week shows that there’s a room for improvement in productivity. According to the results of the trial, there’s no fall in output, productivity is increased and there’s a better work-life balance. The analysis — by comparing 2017 survey and the results of the trial— suggested that there was an increase in work-life balance from 54% in 2017 to 78% in 2018 following the trial. Moreover, the stress level dropped from 45% to 38%. The decision to test the new way of working was “the right thing to do. We want people to be the best they can be while they’re in the office, but also at home. It’s the natural solution.”said Andrew Barnes, Perpetual Guardian’s founder and chief executive. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/i-limited-myself-to-seeing-friends-2-times-a-week-and-it-had-a-surprising-effect-on-me/articleshow/68415759.cms">I limited myself to seeing friends 2 times a week, and it had a surprising effect on me</a>

World Sleep Day: Sleeping through the weekend won’t make up for lost sleep during the week

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-news">coronavirus</a> typically spreads via <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coronavirus-travel-through-air-droplets-aerosols-2020-3">droplets</a> from an infected person.</li><li>A majority of <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> infections occur indoors when people are in sustained proximity to someone sick.</li><li>This suggests that parks are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/you-can-still-go-outside-while-quarantining-sheltering-in-place-2020-4">low-risk spaces</a>, while offices, prisons, and nursing homes are not. </li><li>Experts recommend increasing air flow in potentially crowded, indoor spaces to lower infection risk. But employees <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barclays-ceo-crowded-offices-a-thing-of-the-past-coronavirus-2020-4">might never return to office life</a> as it was.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>We are all becoming accustomed to a constant internal monologue about minimizing our risk of coronavirus infection: "Is it safe to go running?" "Should I dash into the pharmacy?" "How close is too close to stand in line?"Scientists agree that the virus primarily spreads between people <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coronavirus-travel-through-air-droplets-aerosols-2020-3">via droplets</a> that fly through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or speaks. Evidence also increasingly shows that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coronavirus-travel-through-air-droplets-aerosols-2020-3"></a>the risk of infection is much higher in poorly ventilated, crowded areas. So while it can be jarring to have a runner invade your 6-foot bubble, that fleeting moment is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/you-can-still-go-outside-while-quarantining-sheltering-in-place-2020-4">far less risky</a> than, say, working in an <keyword id="23557" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="office">office</keyword> with hundreds of colleagues.A recent study about an outbreak in a call center in Seoul, South Korea, revealed that almost <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/south-korean-call-center-covid-19-outbreak-seating-chart-2020-4">half the employees on one floor</a> got infected. Nearly all of them sat in the same section.That makes the prospect of returning to offices challenging — and scary.<h2>The coronavirus primarily spreads indoors</h2><div type="image" title="A man wears a mask to protect himself from the coronavirus while running in front of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, in April." height="1333" width="2000" msid="75584478" hostid="261"></div>The more time you spend near someone who has <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword>, the higher the chance their infectious droplets make it over to your face."I would not worry about walking by someone," Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious-disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University, <a href="https://slate.com/business/2020/04/coronavirus-parks-beaches-open-them.html">told Slate</a>. "Even in a healthcare setting, contact is defined by being near someone for a certain amount of time. I would not worry about these fleeting encounters."Airflow matters, too. According to William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, coronavirus particles could more easily linger in the air in a small space like an elevator."In such a tightly enclosed space without vigorous air movement for a short period of time, I'm afraid you might be exposed," Schaffner <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coronavirus-travel-through-air-droplets-aerosols-2020-3">previously told Business Insider</a>.The same goes for hospitals. <a href="https://files.springernature.com/getResource/Lan%20AAP_41586_2020_2271.pdf?token=IULUvIufpS8AXE43riPpExKrcZMUcwpHIO0w4yhOno61RnG9Vz6%2Fr7GCrI5AcBi92o1n3tikPjKFkiYotkHNpNM75Zwrwg1JnULfD6ql3lbuFqJwFq26SD3caLE%2FOTAruCh%2FZ3DLB4IVSRfpmhKqIJz7hANkydQI%2Fp%2FsfYBXvPmpvjISgQTPHrDIJNW6AFPC6R1Se4bGQnT7HNP7lnlhp40M0VnqSPp7kwO%2Fuk2bUqzCp2RvCd7lKNljEfwNOQfAqowTnxANPyYX7ogUnDMC4H9by2bXV8IgzTIBcZHqxxdKvbq3Cbqav%2Bb9DzW9Uean">A study</a> published last week in the journal Nature found that virus particles were most highly concentrated in the air within the 9-square-foot toilet areas in patients' rooms in two hospitals in Wuhan, China. These toilets were not ventilated.In ventilated ward areas, however, the amount of virus was very low, a difference the authors attributed to proper air circulation.It's not surprising, then, that most coronavirus transmission occurs indoors.<div type="image" title="Travel to US Coronavirus DS_3601" height="3024" width="4032" msid="75584483" hostid="261"></div>A <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272v2">preliminary report</a> from Japanese scientists (which has yet to be peer-reviewed) suggested that the odds an infected person "transmitted COVID-19 in a closed environment was 18.7 times greater compared to an open-air environment." Another pre-print study examined <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.04.20053058v1">318 outbreaks</a> in China that involved three or more cases, and found that all but one involved the virus jumping between people indoors."The general principle should be: Outside is better than inside; open is better than closed; fewer is better than more people; and stay away from sick people," Dr. Erich Anderer, a neurosurgeon and founding member of the North Brooklyn Runners group, <a href="https://www.insider.com/can-you-go-for-a-run-coronavirus-quarantine-social-distancing-2020-3">previously told Insider</a>.<h2>Restaurants, prisons, meat-processing facilities, and nursing homes are all high-risk</h2>The worst coronavirus <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-marginalized-hit-hard-cant-get-out-of-way-2020-5">clusters around the US</a> are all tied to spaces that force people into close quarters for extended periods of time. According to a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html#clusters">live-updating New York Times page</a> that tracks outbreaks around the country, all but one of the 12 hardest-hit US locations were prisons, jails, and meat-processing facilities. Multiple nursing homes are also high on the list.Restaurants, too, can be risky. <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article#tnF1">In a recent research letter</a> in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, scientists described how nine people sitting more than 3 feet apart at a restaurant in China got the coronavirus in January. The virus likely spread because of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-conditioning-spread-coronavirus-restaurant-can-service-industry-open-again-2020-4">restaurant's air-conditioner</a>, they noted.<div type="image" title="Seattle nursing home coronavirus testing" height="2683" width="4024" msid="75584485" hostid="261"></div>The authors advised restaurants to increase the distance between tables, improve ventilation, and cap how long diners can sit.The same guidance should probably then apply to office settings as well. The call-center <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/south-korean-call-center-covid-19-outbreak-seating-chart-2020-4">outbreak in Seoul</a> provided a clear case study of office transmission: Of the center's 811 employees, 97 got sick. Of those 97, all but three sat on the same floor, and 79 were in the same section. <div type="image" title="medical coronavirus virus flu sick cold hygiene hand sanitizer clorox hands wash sneeze runny nose sinus infection tissue box cox 5" height="1667" width="2500" msid="75584496" hostid="261"></div>"Despite considerable interaction between workers on different floors of building X in the elevators and lobby, spread of COVID-19 was limited almost exclusively to the 11th floor, which indicates that the duration of interaction (or contact) was likely the main facilitator for further spreading," the Korean CDC wrote in <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274_article">its report</a> about the outbreak.<h2>Companies may rethink how they resume office life</h2>According to <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/sites/default/files/public/downloads/cidrap-covid19-viewpoint-part1_0.pdf">a recent report</a> from the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, the coronavirus pandemic could last <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-could-last-2-years-resurge-in-fall-2020-5">up to two years</a>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/second-wave-of-coronavirus-infections-may-peak-in-fall-2020-5">Waves of COVID-19 infections</a> will likely continue until a majority of the human population becomes immune or a vaccine is developed. Given that the risk of infection will loom for a long time, employers will be forced to adapt. "Staggered shifts, enforced flextime, and 24/7 operations may become the norm, along with working remotely," Rachel Morrison, a professor of work psychology at the Auckland University of Technology, wrote in <a href="https://theconversation.com/goodbye-to-the-crowded-office-how-coronavirus-will-change-the-way-we-work-together-137382">The Conversation</a>.<div type="image" title="crowded office building 1" height="2674" width="4018" msid="75584497" hostid="261"></div>Some CEOs have already cottoned onto that reality.Jes Staley, chief executive of Barclays, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barclays-ceo-crowded-offices-a-thing-of-the-past-coronavirus-2020-4">told reporters on Wednesday</a> that his company is reevaluating how much it needs office space at its London headquarters and branches. "There will be a long-term adjustment to our location strategy," Staley said, adding, "the notion of putting 7,000 people in the building may be a thing of the past."Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-risk-higher-tight-indoor-spaces-with-little-air-flow-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

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