Coronavirus transmission through air possible, 6 feet distance not enough: US CDC

An update to US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention website has w ackwledged that airborne transmission of coronavirus is possible and also that previously believed safe distance of six feet is t eugh to prevent its spre. As per ir website, while COVID-19 mainly spres through close contact, it can sometimes spre through airborne transmission of small droplets and particles that can linger in air for minutes and even hours.

US CDC ackwledges COVID-19 airborne transmission

new update reveals that distance that was previously considered limit of airborne transmission and refore safe is t accurate. CDC reports have stated that re have been several uncommon cases where persons infected with COVID-19 have infected people that were furr than six feet away. This update could prove to be a hindrance to plans for safe reopening of businesses and schools.

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new information by CDC comes at a time when intensity of COVID-19 pandemic in US seems to be increasing, and virus outbreak in White House that infected US President Donald Trump and First Ly Melania Trump also seems to be expanding. States like Florida have in recent weeks started reopening schools as well as lifting restrictions on restaurants and or businesses. Experts have also stated that approach of colder wear and a number of holidays in US will push more people to socialize indoors where virus spres more easily.

COVID-19 pandemic which saw its first outbreak in a wet market in Wuhan, China last year has w spre all across world. virus, named COVID-19 by World Health Organisation, has infected over 35 million people worldwide with global death toll crossing 1,000,000. US has reported more than 7.5 million positive COVID-19 cases and a death toll of over 210,000.

(Im: AP)

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