SAGE committee scientist talks to Gateway 97.8

A new public information campaign has launched today by the Government to highlight how letting fresh air into indoor spaces can reduce the risk of infection from coronavirus by over 70%. 

The film illustrates how coronavirus lingers in the air in spaces with no fresh air, increasing the risk of people breathing in infected particles, and how the risk can be reduced significantly by regularly ventilating enclosed areas.

Johnny Jenkins discussed the film, and the government’s approach to the pandemic with Tim Sharpe, who is a part of the government’s SAGE committee: