![]() presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump on our new Facebook group You can follow all the developments between U.S."This is thought to be the main way the virus spreads." These particles can cause infection when "inhaled into the nose, mouth, airways, and lungs," the agency said. In language posted Friday and now removed, CDC said Covid-19 most commonly spread between people who are in close contact with one another, and went on to say it's known to spread "through respiratory droplets or small particles, such as those in aerosols, produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, talks or breathes." Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxĭespite several studies that have shown the novel coronavirus can spread through small particles in the air, the CDC page now says that Covid-19 is thought to spread mainly between people in close contact - about 6 feet - and "through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks." This is the same language it posted months ago. ![]() The CDC responded to CNN just before noon on Monday to say it was reverting to the previous guidance. CNN was first to report the change on Sunday. The guidance had been quietly updated on Friday, according to the CDC's website. Once this process has been completed, the update language will be posted," Jason McDonald, a CDC spokesman, said in a response emailed to CNN. CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). "A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency's official website. ![]() The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday abruptly reverted to its previous guidance about how coronavirus is transmitted, removing language about airborne transmission it had posted just days earlier. ![]()
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