When infected people use elevators, they probably do leave some of their germs behind. Wear a mask and wash hands to lower your risk. By Tara Parker-Pope For people who live or work in tall ...

Experts still aren't sure whether clouds of even tinier viral particles, known as aerosols, can linger in the air after an infected person has ridden an elevator. The World Health Organization has ...

In April, Corsi developed a computer model to simulate how an infected person might contaminate an elevator while riding between 10 floors, and how much virus might remain in the elevator after ...

"It really depends on the elevator." Most elevators aren't big enough to allow people to stay 2m (6ft) apart, so there's a chance that infected passengers could transmit the virus, particularly if ...