How airborne infections like SARS spread through Toilets in High Rise Buildings!
Channel: The Built
Date: 2021-04-24

And, you thought your sealing yourself in your house, sanitizing your newspapers/groceries, and avoiding outsider contact will be enough?
Well, if you are in a High Rise Buildings, the number of people living above or below you is a lot, owing to the High density and a large number of Dwelling units.
Toilets in High Rises can be a source of the spread of airborne infections. This was certainly the case in Hong Kong in 2003. In one such building, the Amoy Gardens complex, 321 cases happened very quickly. 
This was due to the failed U traps of the toilets which lacked water sealed and there was an aerosol backflow. 
****NOTE: This video is for academic/research purposes only. It is based on research done by Hong Kong University. It does not qualify as medical advice. Please follow all the COVID protocols as per the advice of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare****
Read the report here: https://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/pdf/amoy_e.pdf
This research was by: https://www.mech.hku.hk/academic-staff/Li-Y.
See the news here: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-covid-19-cases-7280734/