Assuming everyone is wearing a mask -- the risk of contracting the virus on a full flight is just 1 in 4,300, and the odds lower to 1 in 7,700 if the airline is adopting the middle seat open policy, according to a new study.
Sitting squeezed between a number of strangers on board an aircraft might feel like a risky position during these uncertain times.
And while there have certainly been cases of infected passengers passing the virus on to an airplane'sA study recently published in medical journalfound evidence of the possible spread of coronavirus during a four-hour flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt in March. Meanwhile, various new protocols have been implemented, such as face-coverings for both passengers and crew, which is mandatory on most airlines, temperature screenings, as well as more intensive cabin cleaning and limited movement in the cabin during flight.
"But three things have to go wrong for you to get infected . There has to be a Covid-19 patient on board and they have to be contagious," he says."If there is such a person on your flight, assuming they are wearing a mask, it has to fail to prevent the transmission.Barnett says he took all of these probabilities into account before determining an overall transmission risk.
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