Chinese Officials Confirm Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus in Limited Conditions

Chinese Officials Confirm Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus in Limited Conditions
A woman wearing a protective facemask uses her mobile phone while riding a train in Shanghai on Feb. 20, 2020. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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The Chinese regime’s top health authority has confirmed that the novel coronavirus can be spread through the air under limited circumstances, adding a new route of transmission for the disease.

The coronavirus can be passed via aerosol transmission—that is, exposure to tiny droplets in the air containing the virus—if a person is exposed, over a long period of time, to high concentrations of aerosols carrying the virus in a relatively closed environment, according to updated guidelines published by China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Feb. 19.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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