Claims have been circulating online advising people to avoid using air conditioners as it might fasten the spread of Coronavirus.
Some of these claims are below:
क्या AC से हो सकता है कोरोना का खतरा ?https://t.co/VWQbaEM7DC#CoronavirusLockdown #Coronaindia #coronavirusindia #Lockdown2 #lockdown #COVID2019india #Covid_19india #coronavirus #Coronaindia #airconditioning #CoronavirusOutbreak #coronavirusinindia #CoronavirusOutbreak pic.twitter.com/C2NNUJdDc1
— Jan Kalyan Time (@kalyan_time) April 17, 2020
#coronavirusindia#AC#CoronavirusLockdown#CoronaVirusUpdate
AC-कूलर के उपयोग से कोरोना का बढ़ता खतरा? जानिए क्या कहते हैं दिल्ली AIIMS डायरेक्टर डॉ गुलेरिया और CCS रायपुर के कोर्डिनेटर डॉ. कुलदीप सोलंकी, कार में AC का उपयोग इन दिनों कितना खतरनाक ? https://t.co/ddWb5dpFgz— Dr Kuldip Solanki (@DrKuldipSolanki) April 15, 2020
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claims and found them to be only partially true.
The claims could have been spread after a study surfaced in China in an early-release article in peer-reviewed Emerging Infectious Diseases journal published by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States. An article about study published in the Hindustan Times on April 15, 2020 pointed that air conditioning may have spread the virus in 3 families through transmission of droplets.
When we searched for keywords related to this story, we came across a few news articles stating that there is no connection between ACs at home and the spread of Coronavirus such as the one below by Financial Express published on April 18, 2020.
In conclusion, the claims that’s going viral is FALSE.
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