How Are Close Contact And Airborne Transmission Of COVID-19 Similar?
COVID-19Common questionHow are close contact and airborne transmission of COVID-19 similar?For both forms of COVID-19 disease transmission – close contact and airborne – it's respiratory droplets containing the virus that spread illness. Everyone produces respiratory droplets, which are tiny, moist particles that are expelled from the nose or mouth when you cough, sneeze, talk, shout, sing or exhale deeply.
Can you contract COVID-19 through sexual intercourse?
Although there is currently no evidence that the COVID-19 virus transmits through semen or vaginal fluids, it has been detected in the semen of people recovering from COVID-19. We would thus recommend avoiding any close contact, especially very intimate contact like unprotected sex, with someone with active COVID-19 to minimize the risk of transmission
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How does COVID-19 airborne transmission occur?
There is evidence that under certain conditions, people with COVID-19 seem to have infected others who were more than 6 feet away. This is called airborne transmission. These transmissions occurred in indoor spaces with inadequate ventilation. In general, being outdoors and in spaces with good ventilation reduces the risk of exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19.
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What are some of the similarities and differences between symptoms of COVID-19 and the flu?
Similarities:For both COVID-19 and flu, 1 or more days can pass between when a person becomes infected and when he or she starts to experience illness symptoms.Differences:If a person has COVID-19, it could take them longer to experience symptoms than if they had flu.
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What is the main way of transmission of COVID-19?
The principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is through exposure to respiratory droplets carrying infectious virus.
Scientific Brief: SARS-CoV-2 Transmission