's provincial health officer says the controversy over airborne transmission of COVID-19 has been overblown, after hundreds of scientists signed a letter calling for the World Health Organization to revise its recommendations. According to a story in the New York Times , those scientists want the global health body to begin treating COVID-19 as an airborne illness. "We know that there's a gradation of how droplets come out when somebody coughs or sneezes or talks," Henry explained Monday. 'It's not transmitted long distances'The novel coronavirus appears to spread predominantly through larger droplets, according to Henry. 's approach to COVID-19 depends on implementing several different layers of protection that prevent transmission of both small and large droplets.

Source: CBC News July 07, 2020 03:07 UTC