coronavirus may spread through the air more than we once thought.On Saturday, the New York Times reported that 239 scientists will warn the World Health Organization that the virus can linger in the air and infect those nearby.
The researchers plan to publish their evidence in a journal next week.But some Canadian infectious disease experts stop short of it being a critical cause for concern just yet.While there’s value in looking more closely at the risk associated with smaller, aerosol particles carrying the virus, the main point of transmission will still be the larger droplets, said Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto.