‘Stop dancing around airborne transmission,’ say expert doctors

Public health expert Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri calls on the government's infection control body to update its policies to reflect scientific evidence
Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri.

Doctors are calling on the nation’s infection control expert group to “stop dancing around” the issue of aerosol spread of COVID-19 to prevent further leaks from hotel quarantine.

Public health expert Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri says airborne transmission poses the “biggest single residual” risk for hotel quarantine and long-term management of the pandemic.