Trusted News Discovery Since 2008
{{/content}}
What does airborne Covid mean? CSIR DG explains as WHO prepares brief
Video Credit: HT Digital Content
Published on July 9, 2020 - Duration: 02:21s
What does airborne Covid mean? CSIR DG explains as WHO prepares brief
Shekhar C.
Mande, director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, explained what an airborne virus means, amid fears that Covid might be transmissible by air.
The World Health Organisation has 'acknowledged emerging evidence' that the virus may be airborne.
WHO's Technical Lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove has also promised a detailed brief on the subject soon.
Mande explained that when Covid patients speak, they might be releasing infectious aerosols which stay suspended in air and infect others.
Watch the full video for more.
You are here
Related videos from verified sources
UTA Professor Discusses Reducing Airborne Spread Of COVID-19 In Classrooms 01:47
Video credit: CBS 11 Dallas - Published on July 29, 2020
Covid update: PM Modi’s ‘right decisions’ remark; Trump’s NSA tests positive 04:10
Video credit: HT Digital Content - Published on July 28, 2020
Amid charges of favouring China, WHO chief defends Covid response 03:51
Video credit: HT Digital Content - Published on July 27, 2020