This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. (Photo by: IMAGE POINT FR - LPN/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Get WUHAN, China - A new study found evidence of concentrations of airborne SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remaining in the air of Chinese hospitals that treated patients with the disease.
To date, the virus is believed to spread through close contact with infected individuals by inhaling small droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks, or through contact with contaminated objects or surfaces.