a study from the 2003 sars outbreak , and a recent corona virus case , suggest buildings with older faulty plumbing can transmit the disease to people on separate floors .
a study from the 2003 sars outbreak , and a recent corona virus case , suggest buildings with older faulty plumbing can transmit the disease to people on separate floors .
during the 2003 sars crisis, at amoy gardens the u-shaped pipe traps connecting to the floor drains were empty of water, allowing droplets containing viruses to come down the pipes from other apartments to collect in the u-bend.", "the bathrooms in the apartments had floor drains for cleaning, and when the u-shaped traps beneath these drains dried out, aerosolized sars virus from the sick resident reached apartments through an air shaft.", "in 2003, during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or sars (which is also caused by a coronavirus) officials found that the virus was likely transmitted in a hong kong apartment tower called amoy gardens through faulty plumbing, according to the world health organization.", 


































"the case echoes a 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) that spread through the pipes of a hong kong apartment buildingand some worry that transmission via toilets might have contributed to the covid-19 outbreak that shut down new york city early in the pandemic.")