Cleaning airport surfaces every 2 hours cuts norovirus infections by 83%. People make 26,000 touches in an airport a day. Airport restaurants had highest risk, with 4.6 out of 51,494 travellers being infected. Handwashing every 2 hours reduced risk by only 2%, and mask-wearing 50% of time by 48%.
Cleaning airport surfaces every 2 hours cuts norovirus infections by 83%. People make 26,000 touches in an airport a day. Airport restaurants had highest risk, with 4.6 out of 51,494 travellers being infected. Handwashing every 2 hours reduced risk by only 2%, and mask-wearing 50% of time by 48%.