The World Health Organization(WHO) as part of its study on the Covid-19 pandemic has come up with new guidelines, "airborne precautions" for the medical staff and health staff after it found that the Covid-19 can survive in the air too.
Following this Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit called for a press meet and said that the virus gets transmitted through droplets and little bits of liquid mainly via sneezing and coughing.
"When you do an aerosol-generating procedure like in a medical care facility, you have the possibility to what we call aerosolize these particles, which means they can stay in the air a little bit longer," she said.
"In health-care facilities, we make sure health-care workers use standard droplet precautions with the exception ... that they're doing an aerosol-generating procedure," she added.
Health experts are recommending the medical staff to use N95 masks as they have the ability to filter around 95% of the liquid and airborne particles.
The study has also found out that the deadly virus is spread via contact between humans mostly through sneezing and coughing. The virus can stay airborne as factors like heat and humidity play a key role.
Following this Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit called for a press meet and said that the virus gets transmitted through droplets and little bits of liquid mainly via sneezing and coughing.
"When you do an aerosol-generating procedure like in a medical care facility, you have the possibility to what we call aerosolize these particles, which means they can stay in the air a little bit longer," she said.
"In health-care facilities, we make sure health-care workers use standard droplet precautions with the exception ... that they're doing an aerosol-generating procedure," she added.
Health experts are recommending the medical staff to use N95 masks as they have the ability to filter around 95% of the liquid and airborne particles.
The study has also found out that the deadly virus is spread via contact between humans mostly through sneezing and coughing. The virus can stay airborne as factors like heat and humidity play a key role.