{"id":2584,"date":"2021-12-01T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/covid19-national-project\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:32:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:32:03","slug":"visualising-sars-cov-2-transmission-routes-and-mitigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/covid19-national-project\/2021\/12\/01\/visualising-sars-cov-2-transmission-routes-and-mitigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Visualising SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and mitigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; title=&#8221;on&#8221; meta=&#8221;on&#8221; author=&#8221;on&#8221; date=&#8221;on&#8221; categories=&#8221;on&#8221; comments=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_background=&#8221;off&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>This paper, published in the British Medical Journal and produced by researchers funded under <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/covid19-national-project\/research-themes\/approaches-to-evaluate-environmental-transmission-mechanisms-and-controls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theme 2 of the PROTECT study<\/a><\/span>, provides an interactive graphic of COVID-19 virus transmission routes, with supporting commentary and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The tool enables users to visualise the impact of different environments, scenarios and controls on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. 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