The coronavirus may have spread through the ventilation system at an apartment complex in South Korea where several residents from different households became infected, according to a study. On Aug. 23, a woman living on the sixth floor tested positive, followed by her husband and daughter. Those units aren’t directly above or below the others, but are on the same vertical line as each other and do share the same ventilation system, researchers said. SOUTH KOREA BEGINS FINING PEOPLE FOR NOT WEARING MASKSBut they noted that all the infected residents had reported wearing masks outside their apartments — and two had denied even using the elevators. "Each line was connected through a single air duct in the bathroom for natural ventilation," researchers wrote.

Source: Fox News December 24, 2020 22:07 UTC