The investigations suggest that, in closed environments with air recirculation, SARS-CoV-2 is a highly transmissible pathogen. - Reuters
WASHINGTON (AFP): A person on a poorly ventilated Chinese bus infected nearly two dozen other passengers with coronavirus even though many weren't sitting close by, according to research published on Tuesday (Sept 1) that offers fresh evidence the disease can spread in the air.
Health authorities had initially discounted the possibility that simply breathing could send infectious micro-droplets into the air, but did a U-turn as experts piled on pressure and evidence mounted.
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