CDC website now emphasizes coronavirus spreads in the air
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated Friday its explanations on how coronavirus is transmitted, stressing that inhalation is one of the main ways the virus is spread and placing less emphasis on the risk of picking it up from surfaces.
The changes to the CDC website are in line with a gradual shift in the agency's advice to stress that the virus spreads through the air -- either to be breathed in, to get into the eyes or to settle onto surfaces that people later touch. "COVID-19 spreads when an infected person breathes out droplets and very small particles that contain the virus. These droplets and particles can be breathed in by other people or land on their eyes, noses, or mouth. In some circumstances, they may contaminate surfaces they touch. People who are closer than 6 feet from the infected person are most likely to get infected," the agency says on its updated website.More Related News