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CDC changes COVID-19 guidance again, saying coronavirus is airborne

• Fox 10 Phoenix

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention again updated its guidance on COVID-19 transmission Monday to include information on how the disease spreads through the air via tiny respiratory droplets lingering for as long as several hours.

While the agency said that the virus is mainly transmitted through close contact from one person to another, "some infections can be spread by exposure to virus in small droplets and particles that can linger in the air for minutes to hours."

"These viruses may be able to infect people who are further than 6 feet away from the person who is infected or after that person has left the space," the CDC said. 

The CDC put out a separate statement on Monday detailing the health agency's current understanding of how the virus that has killed more than 200,000 Americans spreads.

"Today's update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6 feet away or shortly after the COVID-19-positive person left an area. In these instances, transmission occurred in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces that often involved activities that caused heavier breathing, like singing or exercise. Such environments and activities may contribute to the buildup of virus-carrying particles," the CDC wrote. 

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