Zaid, Suzaini and Aziz, Muhamad Afiq and Sulaiman, Raha and Simarani, Khanom and Suyoto, Yohanes Totok and Lou, Eric and Esfandiari, Masoud (2020) Review of coronavirus transmission in urban clusters: Survival in water and wastewater systems. Journal of Design and Built Environment, 20 (3). pp. 85-102. ISSN 1823-4208,
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The ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has infected over 58 million people and claimed over 1.58 millions deaths globally (as of 11th December 2020) since its first outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Initially, the numbers of infected patients and death was largely contained in China with 98% of all confirmed infected cases. However, the increased rate of new infected cases outside of China like United States, Italy, and Spain raises questions on the virus characteristics and its routes of transmission. Although the main transmission modes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are through direct contact and respiratory droplet/aerosol inhalation, current studies stipulate that SARS-CoV-2 RNA is found in sewerage, suggesting the potential transmission of SARS-COV-2 through wastewater systems. This paper seeks to review potential exposure routes of SARS-COV-2 in urban environments, the survival rate of coronaviruses that pose human health risks, and to provide relevant safety recommendations to reduce the impact of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There is an urgent need for wastewater effluent and water treatment supply epidemiology surveillance, especially in developing countries with subpar wastewater treatment systems and infrastructure to reduce human and ecological risks to protect populations from infectious diseases outbreak. © 2020, University of Malaya. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya COVID-19 Special Research Grant [Project No.: CSRG007-2020ST] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Survivability; Urban; Virus transmission; Wastewater |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history T Technology > TH Building construction |
| Divisions: | Faculty of the Built Environment |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2021 08:17 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2021 08:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25724 |
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