Coronavirus: Flushing the loo can create a cloud of virus particles which the next user might inhale, warns study

A new study warns that virus particles in the faeces of infected people could be ejected into the air when toilets are flushed. Flushing the toilet can create an aerosol cloud of coronavirus droplets more than a metre high which can be inhaled by others, spreading the infection, new research warns. Physicists specialising in fluid dynamics are warning about the transmission method following studies which found coronavirus particles surviving in the faeces of the infected. The danger that COVID-19 could be transmitted through the common use of toilets could impact how workplaces, restaurants and bars re-open as the world leaves lockdown.