CDC advice on aerosol spread of COVID-19 evaporates overnight
US health authorities pull down short-lived statement about growing evidence for aerosol transmission
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said COVID-19 spreads through aerosols — then abruptly removed the statement after it was picked up by the media.
CNN has reported that the CDC on Friday published new guidance that COVID-19 was spread “through respiratory droplets or small particles, such as those in aerosols”.
“Airborne viruses, including COVID-19, are among the most contagious and easily spread,” the CDC website said, temporarily.
“There is growing evidence that droplets and airborne particles can remain suspended in the air and be breathed in by others, and travel distances beyond six feet.”
