That the virus can survive and stay infectious in aerosols is also important for health care workers. But in fact, it can travel through the air and stay suspended for that period of about a half-hour. But the procedures health care workers use to care for infected patients are likely to generate aerosols. “All these handlings might generate aerosols and droplets.”Health care workers might also collect those tiny droplets and larger ones on their protective gear when working with infected patients. And another study, published March 4 in JAMA, also indicates that the virus is transported by air.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2020 23:18 UTC