(Reuters) – Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise recommendations, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

The WHO has said the coronavirus disease spreads primarily from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth, which are expelled when a person with COVID-19 coughs, sneezes or speaks.

In an open letter to the agency, which the researchers plan to publish in a scientific journal next week, 239 scientists in 32 countries outlined the evidence showing smaller particles can infect people, the NYT said.

The WHO did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

Whether carried by large droplets that zoom through the air after a sneeze, or by much smaller exhaled droplets that may glide the length of a room, the coronavirus is borne through air and can infect people when inhaled, the scientists said, according to the NYT.

However, the health agency said the evidence for the virus being airborne was not convincing, according to the NYT.

“Especially in the last couple of months, we have been stating several times that we consider airborne transmission as possible but certainly not supported by solid or even clear evidence,” Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi, the WHO’s technical lead of infection prevention and control, was quoted as saying by the NYT.

https://www.yourhealthng.com.ng/2020/07/06/hundreds-of-scientists-say-coronavirus-is-airborne-ask-who-to-revise-recommendations-nyt/

Of course... WHO is no longer competent....

It is wise to always remeber that Humans are only humans





We didn't invent the human body.





We can only do research to get positive and negative answers.




We invented dis virus anyway...and many other viruses before.



But let no one depend on information released by either w.h.o or any other earthling.





In other words,no scientists or anybody can know perfectly about ur personal human body.they might come very close,buh as u know, even very close may not save ur life from vanishing into thin air


U might not understand now

God av mercy on us all .. I know most pep don't believe this corona of a thing , but that shit is killing lots of pep .. olorun fi iso re sowa tomo tomo

this virus is becoming something else

Damn, my prayers for those still doubting if the virus is real or not, the concerned bodies might not be honest with the figure but the virus is real AF

Are they trying to say long distance airborne? Cos wasn't it always airborne from the beginning?

SirWarlock:
Are they trying to say long distance airborne? Cos wasn't it always airborne from the beginning?

Yes, being air borne means it can travel farther than previously thought