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https://tweetsandnews.blogspot.com/2020/04/nosocomial-transmissions-of-sars-cov-1.html 4:26 PM 4/6/2020 - CoronaVirus Update: Review and Quotes from the Medical Literature __________________________________________________________ 1. Nosocomial Transmissions of Sars-Cov-1 and Sars-Cov-2 - GS __________________________________ "Our results indicate that aerosol and fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is plausible, since the virus can remain viable and infectious in aerosols for hours and on surfaces up to days (depending on the inoculum shed). These findings echo those with SARS-CoV-1, in which these forms of transmission were associated with nosocomial spread and super-spreading events, 5 and they provide information for pandemic mitigation efforts." In Nosocomial Transmission of SARS , " Nosocomial outbreaks were responsible for the propagation of the epidemic worldwide. Health care workers (HCW) are at particular high risk because of their close cont