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How Can COVID-19 Virus Spread Through Aerosols?

COVID-19Common questionHow can COVID-19 virus spread through aerosols?Once the aerosols are airborne, the water in the tiny droplets quickly evaporates, leaving even smaller virus particles that can float in the air for an extended period of time.

Can COVID-19 be transmitted through the air?

In October, the CDC acknowledged another way that COVID-19 spreads: Through airborne transmission.

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How can aerosols transmit the virus that causes COVID-19?

When an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks, droplets or tiny particles called aerosols carry the virus into the air from their nose or mouth. Anyone who is within 6 feet of that person can breathe it into their lungs.

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How far can COVID-19 particles travel in the air?

The new findings support earlier work from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which suggested that particles from a cough, buoyed by the warm air in our breath, could travel much farther than 6 feet

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How long do COVID-19 aerosols stay in the air?

A person infected with coronavirus — even one with no symptoms — may emit aerosols when they talk or breathe. Aerosols are infectious viral particles that can float or drift around in the air for up to three hours. Another person can breathe in these aerosols and become infected with the coronavirus.

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