FALSE: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT COVID-19 IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE AIR
Celine Abuga
FALSE: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT COVID-19 IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE AIR
The post claims that the disease is airborne, and appears to be in the form of a letter from a person in quarantine.
Research done by PesaCheck states that the disease is primarily spread by contact with contaminated surfaces where the virus has settled, rather than through the air. This collaborates with findings from the WHO, that virus that causes Covid-19 is mainly spread through droplets generated when an infected person sneezes, coughs or speaks, but this is not the main means of infection, which occurs after the droplets fall to the ground or onto surfaces because they are mostly too heavy to hang in the air.
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