, ?||Opening Gyms: Is it wise?||
At a time when the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India is over 1.6 million and the daily growth of cases continues to remain high, the Ministry of Home Affairs on July 29 permitted yoga institutes and gymnasiums in areas outside the containment areas to function from August 5. This, even while other enclosed settings such as cinema halls, bars, auditoriums and assembly halls have been ordered to remain shut.
There is wide agreement that regular moderate intensity exercise is beneficial for immunity. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 30 minutes per day of physical exercise for healthy adults.
But, beginning with the cruise ship Diamond Princess and clusters that had their origin in churches in South Korea and Singapore, it has been known that prolonged exposure in closed spaces with poor ventilation facilitates the viruss spread. The spread becomes even more pronounced if such places are crowded.
Transmission through aerosols
The WHO recently acknowledged that transmission of the virus through aerosols cannot be ruled out in certain closed settings that are crowded, and inadequately ventilated spaces where infected persons spend long periods of time with others. In addition to being closed spaces with poor ventilation, gymnasiums have another critical factor that will actively facilitate virus spread deep breathing and exhalation through the mouth by members. The number of droplets and aerosols emitted during huffing and puffing will certainly be manifold higher. While deep breathing is likely to take the tiny droplets and aerosols containing the virus deep inside the lungs, leading to infection, exhalation with force will eject more virus particles into the air and make it travel a long distance.
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, ?||Opening Gyms: Is it wise?|| At a time when the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India is over 1.6 million and the daily growth of cases continues to remain high, the Ministry of Home Affairs on July 29 permitted yoga institutes and gymnasiums in areas outside the containment areas to function from August 5. This, even while other enclosed settings such as cinema halls, bars, auditoriums and assembly halls have been ordered to remain shut. There is wide agreement that regular moderate intensity exercise is beneficial for immunity. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 30 minutes per day of physical exercise for healthy adults. But, beginning with the cruise ship Diamond Princess and clusters that had their origin in churches in South Korea and Singapore, it has been known that prolonged exposure in closed spaces with poor ventilation facilitates the viruss spread. The spread becomes even more pronounced if such places are crowded. Transmission through aerosols The WHO recently acknowledged that transmission of the virus through aerosols cannot be ruled out in certain closed settings that are crowded, and inadequately ventilated spaces where infected persons spend long periods of time with others. In addition to being closed spaces with poor ventilation, gymnasiums have another critical factor that will actively facilitate virus spread deep breathing and exhalation through the mouth by members. The number of droplets and aerosols emitted during huffing and puffing will certainly be manifold higher. While deep breathing is likely to take the tiny droplets and aerosols containing the virus deep inside the lungs, leading to infection, exhalation with force will eject more virus particles into the air and make it travel a long distance.
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