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Shared facilities at swimming pools pose risk of coronavirus transmission

10 July 2020

As swimming pools in England plan to reopen, Professor Deenan Pillay (UCL Infection & Immunity) tells the BBC: “Given the amount of chlorine that is in swimming pools, viruses are not going to survive there”, but warns shared facilities may pose a risk for infection.

Read: BBC News