What is known about the impact of chlorine on the coronavirus. Is the pool water safe?
For swimming practitioners there is a point of tranquility since it seems that it is not transmitted through water.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting travel, business, and sporting events, as well as the daily lives of people around the world.
We've been watching them go canceling sporting events all over the world because of coronavirus, where Spain already has several tests and mass events suspended.
Italy became the first nation to quarantine its entire territory in an effort to contain the virus.
We recommend reading the article "What an athlete has to know about the coronavirus"
Does Covid 19 spread in water?
We echo this publication made by the web swimswam.com where they explain to us if it spreads COVID-19 in drinking water and in swimming pools.
For swimming practitioners There is a point of tranquility since it seems that it is not transmitted by water.
The executive of the Irish Health Service, the equivalent to the Ministry of Health, has confirmed that coronavirus cannot be transmitted in drinking water and swimming pools, provided that these media are adequately treated
According to the Irish Health Protection Surveillance Center, there are some Minimum requirements necessary to inactivate the COVID-19 virus in chlorinated drinking water and in swimming pools:
In drinking water
“Current recommendations” are taken to mean a Ct value of at least 15 mg.min/litre (eg exposure to 0,5 mg/l free chlorine for at least 30 min).
In the pools
Operating according to “current recommendations / best practices” means maintaining a free chlorine residual of at least 1.0 mg/l (depending on the type of pool and sanitizer used).
These data are based on the first two strains of the coronavirus strain.
It is important to note that in the absence of data on this recently identified SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the aforementioned is based on lor what is known about the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV or MERS), which caused the two previous outbreaks of Coronavirus.
This new strain belongs to the same coronavirus family as MERS and SARS.
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