Prior To Friday, Guidance From The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Did Not Specify The Virus Is Airborne, New York Times Reported.
In revised guidance issued Friday, US public health officials acknowledged for the first time that the coronavirus can be spread through inhalation of respiratory droplets containing the virus.
Prior To Friday, Guidance From The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Did Not Specify The Virus Is Airborne, The New York Times Reported. The updated guidance acknowledges that one of the ways people can get infected with the virus is by breathing in affected particles.
“COVID-19 spreads when an infected person breathes out droplets and very small particles that contain the virus,” the updated guidance reads. “These droplets and particles can be breathed in by other people or land on their eyes, noses, or mouth.”
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