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South Korean Governmen funds mandatory air purifiers at schools
The government passed a revised school health act to improve quality of air and safety at preschools and primary and secondary schools.
The law requires installation of air-cleaning and air quality sensors in classrooms and allows state funds to cover costs. School councils and parents are also permitted to attend classroom air quality monitoring sessions, which will be conducted each semester.
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https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190327000802
The South Korean government on Tuesday passed a revised school health act to improve quality of air and safety at preschools and primary and secondary schools. The revised law was one of five fine dust-related legislations that passed the same day. The revised law requires the installation of air-cleaning systems and air quality sensors in classrooms and allows the use of state funds to cover the costs. School counc...
@yaneerbaryam @whn Exactly this!
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@yaneerbaryam @whn @davidelfstrom correct, but
1. other bodies look for examples on how to do it
2. If it’s done badly it provides another example to criticise efforts that spend public money without delivering real value.
I have emailed the contact of this initiative to help understand their process and provide some constructive suggestions on how to optimise the spending of this public money to achieve the best possible outcomes.
@yaneerbaryam @whn this is AWESOME news!! Thanks for sharing.
Would love to boost but seeing this image doesn’t have descriptions. Could you edit and add? Something like “empty hallway of a school lined with lockers” could be great
I think they help, they alone do not prevent infections reliably though, rather they constitute ONE piece of the swiss cheese model if you will. They also need to be implemented properly for infection prevention specifically, not just to improve the quality of air in general (which is still a good thing of course)
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