Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses

Jefferson, Tom; Dooley, Liz; Ferroni, Eliana; Al-Ansary, Lubna A; van Driel, Mieke L; Bawazeer, Ghada A; Jones, Mark A; Hoffmann, Tammy C; Clark, Justin; Beller, Elaine M; Glasziou, Paul P; Conly, John M

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd006207.pub6

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses

Background Viral epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) pose a global threat. Examples are influenza (H1N1) caused by the H1N1pdm09 virus in 2009, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 in 2019. Antivir…