The World Health Organization says the virus that causes COVID-19 does not seem to linger in the air or be capable of spreading through the air over distances more than about three feet.
The WHO says that "according to current evidence," the virus is transmitted through "respiratory droplets and contact routes." By that, the agency means the virus is found in the kind of big droplets of mucus or saliva created through coughing and sneezing.
These droplets can only travel short distances through the air and either land on people or land on surfaces that people later touch. Stopping this kind of transmission is why public health officials urge people to wash their hands frequently and not touch the face because that could bring the virus into contact with the nose or mouth.
Reminder: Currently, ninety persons are confirmed coronavirus-infected in Georgia, eighteen out of ninety have recovered; 4,695 are in quarantine; 231 in-patients are under the medical observation.
