coronavirus can be spread by airborne transmission in the latest development on understanding exactly how the virus works. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published new guidance surrounding the transmission of the life-threatening bug.
According to the CDC, patients have contracted the virus even when they stood more than six feet away, though this is rare, reports CNN.
The agency said: "CDC continues to believe, based on current science, that people are more likely to become infected the longer and closer they are to a person with COVID-19."Today's update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6.