NEW DELHI : The highly contagious coronavirus can even spread through droplets of infected persons generated while speaking, reveals a new research, as the world continues to grapple with the pandemic.
So far, the public health specialists have largely focused on coughing and sneezing as most potential mediums of transmission of SARS-CoV2, but the possible role of small droplets produced while talking has remained quite unclear.
Scientists from US-National Institute of Health (NIH) used an intense sheet of highly sensitive laser light to visualize bursts of small-sized speech droplets produced during repeated spoken phrases.