McLaren Thumb Region Hospital - McLaren Health Care issued the following announcement on Oct. 20.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 guidelines to include the fact that the coronavirus can spread beyond six feet, especially in an indoor, poorly ventilated setting.
The CDC’s original guidelines read that the COVID-19 virus was transmitted through respiratory droplets expelled from a contagious person when they sneeze, cough, speak loudly, sing and other forms of secretion.
The updated guidelines include that transmissions are possible through smaller respiratory particles – aerosols – that are able to travel beyond the six feet recommended in the agency’s social distancing guidelines.
McLaren Macomb infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Ognjan says the updated guidelines are not uncommon with contagious diseases.
Original source can be found here.
Source: McLaren Thumb Region Hospital - McLaren Health Care
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