Covid-19 pandemic can spread through airborne transmission, says CDC

Last month, the CDC published and then took down its guidance warning possible airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an updated guidance on Monday said Covid-19 can spread through airborne transmission, a month after it took down a similar warning.
 

It said some people could get infected by exposure to the novel coronavirus in small droplets and particles, or aerosols, that can linger in the air for minutes to hours. (https://bit.ly/3ndJxIi) Aerosols lingering in the air could be a major source of Covid-19 transmission, a group of US scientists warned in an unrelated open letter published in medical journal Science on Monday.
 

The focus must be on protecting against airborne