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My mother is covid positive and under home isolation and also taking medicines for that ,I want to ask that if she can use air conditioner instead of ceiling fan or it is not advisable to use ?
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There is no use of air conditioner during the covid-19 because the virus will alive in cold environment and try to avoid air conditioner as much as possible
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Avoid it...Not advisable....natural ventilation is best
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A good comfortable temperature is ok if you are using AC temperature should be 24to 25 not less than that its best when she don’t feel cold and use flees blanket only if more than that is required then probably its cold and increase temperature of Ac
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Avoiding is best otherwise use
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Dr. Aman Gangwani
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5 yrs exp
Kanpur
If she is alone in the room then yes
Make sure you hand over whatever food / items from outside the room and wear a mask with a shield
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Air conditioning can cause virus to stay suspended in the air fir a longer period as there are no viral filters in the air conditioning systems
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