The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that coronavirus maybe transmitted through air as there is evidence showing the possibility. This is coming after the WHO had few days ago admitted that there is possibility of airborne transmission of the virus.
Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu who made the revelation at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing yesterday, said understanding the modes of transmission of any new virus is very critical for defining response strategies.
Ihekweazu said, “Over the past few weeks, increasing evidence has emerged that in addition to droplet infections, we cannot rule out that airborne transmission is also possible as a mode of transmission of COVID-19.” He noted that they have studied transmission, studied clusters of these infections, and found increasing evidence from clusters of infections.
He said from the very outset their understanding based on other coronaviruses was that it typically spreads via droplets. Droplets are excretions from the respiratory tracts that cannot stay on in the air. They ultimately fall to the ground after a few minutes.
