The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday withdrew its guidance on the transmission of the coronavirus through aerosols, saying the draft recommendation was posted in error.
“A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency’s official website,” it said in a message on the website. “CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [the virus that causes Covid-19]. Once this process has been completed, the update language will be posted.”
In its update posted on the website on Friday, the health agency had said that there was a “growing evidence” that droplets and airborne particles can remain suspended in the air and can travel beyond six feet. Apart from respiratory droplets, the virus can also spread through small particles, such as those in…