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WHO Experts Admit COVID-19 Can Spread Through Air

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   Experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday acknowledged
   there is growing evidence the coronavirus can spread through the air
   and said they are preparing a brief on the subject.

   At the U.N. agency's regular briefing in Geneva, WHO technical
   committee head Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said the WHO was contacted in
   April by a group of than 200 scientists who have called for the world
   body and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the
   air.

   Kerkhove said her committee is working with the group and are producing
   a scientific brief to summarize what they know about the nature of
   air-borne transmission of virus.

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