Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne

Dyani Lewis

Nature, 2022, vol. 604, issue 7904, 26-31

Abstract: Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic.

Keywords: Diseases; SARS-CoV-2; Infection; Public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-00925-7

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