Contribuições do Engenheiro Químico na Dinâmica de Transmissão do COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (OMS) in march 2020, led governments and companies to come together with the help of professionals from different areas of knowledge to develop effective means of containing the disease after its spread of the virus to take on global dimensions in a short time. The chemical engineer, being a broadly qualified professional, can help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, applying his skills and knowledge, in particular fluid dynamics, in understanding the physics of virus transmission and seeking ways to contain it. it. Thus, the chemical engineer can contribute to the understanding of the virus transmission dynamics through theoretical analysis, modeling of the phenomena involved and simulation of mucosal fluid exhalations. Although there are researches on the subject of COVID-19 transmission dynamics, further investigation is needed in some areas and therefore there is still a lot of room for the chemical engineer to explore in order to contribute more to the complete understanding of the transmission dynamics COVID-19 and other diseases transmitted by the same routes.