A research conducted by scientists has brought an “emerging evidence” that Coronavirus can be airborne transmitted.
The World Health Organisation confirmed the “emerging evidence” following a signed letter on Monday by 239 scientists that urged the agency to be more forthcoming about the likelihood that people can catch the virus from droplets floating in the air.
WHO Technical Lead for Infection Prevention and Control, Dr Benedetta Alleganzi disclosed during a briefing on Tuesday, “We acknowledge that there is emerging evidence in this field, as in all other fields regarding the COVID-19 virus and pandemic and therefore we believe that we have to be open to this evidence and understand its implications regarding the modes of transmission and also regarding the precautions that need to be taken,” Benedetta briefed.
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Maria Van Karkove, Infectious disease epidemiologist with WHO’s health emergencies program disclosed that engineers are signatories to many of the letters, “which adds to growing knowledge about the importance of ventilation, which we feel is very important.””We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol transmission as one of the modes of transmission of COVID-19, as well as droplet. We’ve looked at fomites. We’ve looked at faecal oral. We’ve looked at mother to child. We’ve looked at animal to human, of course as well,” Dr Karkove concluded.
According to Dr Alleganzi who emphasised on the need of more research to be carried out on Coronavirus transmission.
“So, these are fields of research that are really growing and for which there is some evidence emerging but is not definitive,” Dr Alleganzi said.
“And therefore, the possibility of airborne transmission in public settings, especially in very specific conditions crowded, closed, poorly ventilated settings that have been described cannot be ruled out. However, the evidence needs to be gathered and interpreted.” She concluded.
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