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Whenever people gather in closed spaces, the infection risk climbs. Find out how safe your environment is. Our interactive tool shows how the coronavirus spreads, and allows you to enter the parameters of any room you have in mind. The model behind the tool was developed by a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. ZEIT ONLINE has transformed the model into a practical tool. It is up to you to determine how many people spend time in a room of your choosing, how long they stay there and the conditions influencing the space. There are two constants in every scenario: firstly, that one of the people in the room is contagious, and secondly, that all people in the room adhere to social distancing rules.
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