The WHO has acknowledged that there is 'emerging evidence' that the coronavirus can be spread by airborne transmission from tiny particles suspended in the air
The World Health Organization has acknowledged that there is"emerging evidence" that the coronavirus can be spread by airborne transmission from tiny particles suspended in the air, a day after 239 scientists signed aThe World Health Organization said airborne transmission of the coronavirus “in very specificWHO’s Technical Lead for Infection Prevention and Control, Dr.
Alleganzi, however, noted that the evidence was not yet definitive but said that the possibility of airborne transmission “in very specific conditions crowded, closed, poorly ventilated settings” could not be ruled out. The letter, which was made public on Monday, had argued that the WHO and other health authorities were not paying enough attention to airborne transmission.that the letter was “not an attack on the WHO,” but the scientists felt they needed to go public “because they were refusing to hear the evidence after many conversations with them.”
The WHO's Maria Van Kerkove said the agency is working on a scientific brief summarizing the current knowledge around the transmission of the virus which will be made public in the coming weeks. The WHO has so far said that the virus mainly spreads via close contact with large respiratory droplets, which are expelled when people cough or sneeze.“This is one in a series of many miscues, it’s really unfortunate how the WHO has led to all sorts of confusion,” Dr. Eric Topol, director and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. If the WHO doesn’t publicly recognize risks like airborne transmission, “it just gives naysayers more fodder to deny the truth,” Topol added.
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