Coronavirus May Spread Through Air

A top US scientist said on Friday that the Coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking. The scientist revealed it after the government recommending everyone to use the face masks. Anthony Fauci, head of infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told that the guidance on masks would be changed as the recent information has something new to say!

The recent study says that the virus may transmit while speaking and breathing. So, the official advice is that only sick people need to cover their faces, as well as those caring for them at home. The summarized recent research on the subject was sent to the White House on April 1 by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

The results of available studies are consistent with the aerosolization of virus from normal breathing. However, the research is not conclusive. Until now, US health agencies have said that the primary pathway of transmission is respiratory droplets expelled by the Coronavirus positive when they sneeze or cough.

However, a recent NIH funded study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could become an aerosol and remain airborne for up to three hours. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been more cautious about the airborne threat so far but it hasn’t confirmed the transmission of the virus through the air yet.