COVID-19 may be transmitted through air - NCDC

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The official said understanding how a new virus is transmittable is critical for an effective response.

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“Over the past few weeks, increasing evidence has emerged that in addition to droplet infections, we cannot rule out that airborne transmission is also possible as a mode of transmission of COVID-19,” Chikwe Ihekweazu, the head of Nigeria’s infectious disease agency,Mr Ihekweazu said the virus was earlier believed to only be transmittable through droplets which emanate from the nose and the mouth and fall to the ground.

As of Sunday evening, Nigeria has already recorded 32,558 confirmed cases of the virus, out of which 13,447 have been treated and discharged. About 740 persons have also died.The NCDC chief said the agency is set to begin the electronic transmission of COVID-19 results.

 

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