The supercomputer has created a model for the distribution of coronavirus in the air of a supermarket

A supercomputer created a model of the spread of coronavirus in the air of a supermarket. She shows how

Viral particles that are released from an infected person when they sneeze or cough remain in the environment.

Finnish scientists decided to find out how microscopic aerosol droplets with coronavirus spread in the air, and whether it is dangerous to be in the same room with an infected person.

For calculations and visualization, researchersused the CSC supercomputer. First, scientists simulated the movement of droplets that are formed if a person coughs in the aisle between the shelves of a supermarket. As it turned out, the droplets remain in the air for more than five minutes, posing a danger to others.

“Someone infected can cough and leave, but hewill leave behind a cloud of particles carrying the coronavirus. Such drops easily fall into the respiratory tract of people who are nearby, ”said one of the authors of the work.