CDC Confirms Airborne Transmission Plays Role In COVID Spread

Update comes after website error in September


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that people can  become infected with COVID-19 through airborne transmission, according to an article on the Washington Post website.

The risk increases in enclosed spaces with inadequate ventilation.

The update comes after the agency removed a draft that had not gone through proper review and was posted in error last month. 

 The CDC says the main way the virus spreads is through close contact with virus-containing droplets — large and small — that are emitted when someone coughs, sneezes, sings, talks or breathes. The CDC now also is saying infection can also spread through exposure to smaller virus-containing droplets and particles that can remain suspended in the air over long distances and time.

Read the full Washington Post article.

 

 



October 12, 2020


Topic Area: Infection Control


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