WHO acknowledges 'emerging evidence' of airborne spread of Covid-19
Published Tue, Jul 7, 2020 · 04:28 PM
[GENEVA] The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged "emerging evidence" of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease is spread.
Speaking at a briefing in Geneva, WHO expert Benedetta Allegranzi said the organisation believed it had "been open to the evidence on modes of transmission" of the new virus.
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