A general view of a display with the latest information on the spread of the novel coronavirus worldwide during a government crisis meeting in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
(Reuters) - As a new coronavirus spreads quickly around the world, U.S. health officials say they are "aggressively" assessing how long it can survive on surfaces to better understand the risk of transmission.
Based on what is known about similar coronaviruses, disease experts say the new outbreak of the virus, named COVID-19, is mainly spread from person to person through coughing or sneezing. Contact with faecal matter from an infected person may also transmit the virus.
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