Coronavirus is not airborne: Dr Janil Puthucheary | The Straits times

Following a dialogue with about 60 taxi and private-hire car drivers on Monday (Feb 10), Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary addressed a misconception that the novel coronavirus is airborne, which he said some drivers have thought to be true, and which could stoke unnecessary fears.

As the virus is droplet-spread, stressed Dr Janil, that is the approach the Government is taking with regards to containing the virus.

This means that rather than being passed via the air in a small confined space like a car or a taxi, small bits of fluid from the mouth and nose that carry the disease move from one person to the next, usually in face-to-face encounters.

"All the evidence currently points to this virus being droplet-spread. It is not airborne, and that is what is determining the way in which we address this issue," he said.

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