The possibility of airborne transmission - especially in crowded, closed, poorly ventilated places, 'cannot be ruled out', Covid-19 leads at the WHO said. One professor who signed the paper said there will be concern to label the virus airborne because it may cause panic. She said: 'We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol transmission as one of the modes of transmission of COVID-19.' But the letter, published on Monday in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal, argued there is insufficient proof that airborne transmission does not occur. Professor Jimenez said the WHO panel assessing the evidence on airborne transmission was not scientifically diverse, and lacked representation from experts in aerosol transmission.

Source: Daily Mail July 08, 2020 06:36 UTC