COVID‑19 and Air purifiers Use

Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit

Abstract


Dear Editor, I would like to share ideas on air purifiers use for COVID‑19 prevention. The air purifer is a widely used tool by many people aiming at prevention during COVID‑19 outbreak. Basically, air purifiers have an internal fans for pulling the air in through a series of filters. Filtration occurs at the filters and the airborne particles like dust, pollen, and pathogen are trapped.

Keywords


COVID‑19; air purifiers; prevention

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