20 minutes – A cough or sneeze is enough for the infection

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Do you feel well informed about the corona virus?

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The conclusion of the new study: Covid-19 is very contagious at an early stage of the infection. If the first weak symptoms appeared, infected people would excrete large amounts of viruses. The researchers also found that the virus mainly settles in the throat and throat. And they write: “Covid-19 can manifest itself as a mild upper respiratory disease.”

“With Covid-19, a cough or sneeze is very infectious in the initial phase,” Wendtner told the newspaper. “If someone sneezes vigorously, that can be enough.”

Indirect transmission possible

According to a recently published study, patients infected with the coronavirus also spread the pathogen indirectly: Researchers from Singapore were able to show that surfaces in hospital rooms of patients were heavily contaminated with the pathogen, as described in the US journal «Journal of the American Medical Association” write.

However, disinfecting the room was effective enough to remove the traces of the virus, the researchers write. Nevertheless, the results would show that strict hand hygiene is very important in order to limit the spread of viruses.

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