Omicron risk slashed by simple measures: world's fastest supercomputer

Japan's Fugaku simulations find sneeze guards, fans effective in tiny restaurants

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The Fugaku supercomputer model used the amount of respiratory droplets as well as the assumed viral load in such droplets based on past studies. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

SHUHEI OCHIAI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Cramped restaurants can reduce the risk of omicron infection by two-thirds using such measures as ventilation and protective barriers, according to numbers crunched by Fugaku, the world's fastest supercomputer.

The computer model showed air circulation measures are effective, Riken, Japan's national scientific research institute, said Wednesday. Riken codeveloped Fugaku with information technology company Fujitsu.

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