Coronavirus updates: Scientists call on WHO to recognize airborne virus risk, global cases near 11.5 million

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Coronavirus updates: Scientists call on WHO to recognize airborne virus risk, global cases near 11.5 million
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The company's joint trial with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will test the therapy's ability to prevent infection in those who have had close exposure to a Covid-19 patient.A group of 239 scientists from around the world is reportedly set to push for the World Health Organization to give greater acknowledgment to the risk of the airborne spread of the coronavirus.

The WHO's current guidance states that Covid-19 is transmitted primarily between people via respiratory droplets and contact. However, the authors of the letter argue emerging evidence indicates airborne transmission could be more important than the WHO has acknowledged to date. India reported 697,413 total cases, topping Russia's 686,777, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Adjusted for population, heavily populated India's outbreak is magnitudes smaller than that of Russia.

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