The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially announced, and after last week it deleted its guidelines on the epidemic and air, which raised a number of questions, “The emerging corona virus can be transmitted through the air,” in a position consistent with the views of many scientists who have been calling for months to take This possibility takes more seriously.
These centers have updated their health recommendations published on their website Monday, confirming that “some types of infections can be transmitted in small droplets and particles that can float in the air for minutes or hours. These viruses may be able to infect people who are at a distance of about two meters from the infected person, or after his departure. ”It is indicated that in addition to Corona, there are other diseases such as measles, smallpox, and tuberculosis, which can be transmitted through the air.
Spray drops
The experts of the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider that the main method of transmission remains respiratory droplets of various sizes, which are dispersed by the infected person when sneezing, coughing, singing, speaking and breathing.
Beyond two meters
But the update that comes ten months after the start of the pandemic confirms the validity of studies showing that the virus, although it is less contagious than measles, can be transmitted more than two meters, a hypothesis that was excluded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization when the SARS-Cove virus appeared -2.
Aeration of places
The centers also stressed the importance of indoor ventilation to avoid infection, and on the other hand, it does not consider the transmission of infection “through surfaces contaminated with the virus, a common method for the spread of Covid-19.”
As for the recommendations of this authority regarding the precautions that must be taken to avoid the transmission of infection, they have not been modified, especially in terms of the need to maintain physical distancing, put masks, wash hands frequently, and avoid crowded closed places, in addition to isolating patients.
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