Monkeypox exploded around the world earlier this year, with outbreaks in dozens of countries where it had never previously appeared.

But the team tasked with examining potential meteorological and air quality influences on the spread of Covid-19 says weather and climate conditions alone should for now not be the trigger for loosening restrictions.

A study suggests that the virus could have travelled through the building's plumbing in airborne particles called 'bio aerosols' moving upward as a result of the 'chimney effect'.