Scientists answer flu questions

Scientists from Singapore will answer important questions about how flu is spread with a major new study.

In the $1 million research – which will be funded by the National Medical Research Council, and carried out by National University Hospital – a concave mirror and a high speed camera will track the velocity and distance of sneezes and coughs. The camera will capture 250,000 frames per second, making it well suited as a tool to analyse of how flu germs travel when we expel them from our bodies.

The trial could be important because there is controversy about which illnesses are airborne, and if they are, how significant this method of transmission is, in comparison with direct contact.

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