Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 calls for updated practices to prevent transmission

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Despite updates from the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada that the virus can be transmitted by short- and long-range aerosols, Canada's public health guidance has not been adequately updated to address this mode of transmission, argue authors of a commentary published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2021/06/08/cmaj.210830.
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