Covid-19 pandemic: Airborne coronavirus spreads indoors too, finds study – health

Findings of a recent study from the University of Georgia support growing evidence for airborne transmission of Covid-19 in enclosed spaces. Researchers were able to link a community outbreak of Covid-19 in China to a source patient who likely spread the virus to fellow bus riders through the bus’s air conditioning system. “The possibility of airborne transmission has long been suspected, but with limited empirical evidence. Our study provided epidemiologic evidence of transmission over long distances, which was likely airborne,” said Ye Shen, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at UGA’s College of Public Health and lead author on the study. The study, which was published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine, calls into question the prevailing thought on how Covid-19 can spread. “It was largely believed that close contact through droplets is…