Corona is airborne - the World Health Organization is verifying after receiving letters from 239 scientists

Coronavirus (Cavid-19) can spread through the air - scientists claim. The World Health Organization (WHO) has failed to adequately warn the world about this risk. Recently, 239 scientists from around the world wrote an open letter to the WHO alleging this. After receiving the letter from the scientists, the WHO has decided to re-investigate the matter.

After a letter from scientists, World Health has finally acknowledged that there is evidence of coronavirus spreading through tiny particles floating in the air.

In a briefing on Tuesday, the WHO said the agency's expert committee would gather information on the virus infection and update it in a few days.

WHO head of the expert committee on infection prevention and control. "The spread of the disease through the air cannot be ruled out, especially in densely populated, confined, undeveloped areas," said Bendetta Aligranji.

Scientists say the coronavirus survives in the air for a long time and can be transmitted to humans through the air.

However, the coronavirus is spread not only through the air but also in another way, which is by touching the eyes, nose or mouth. The WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider these two methods of transmitting coronavirus seriously. The two companies say one method of infection is to inhale tropical particles (droplets) from an infected person nearby and another method is to touch something contaminated with coronavirus and touch the eyes, nose or mouth with that hand.

Although the WHO has so far acknowledged that Droplet infection can occur, the agency has said that Droplet infection can only occur during medical activities such as intubation (treatment by inserting a special tube into a patient's respiratory tract).

Challenging the WHO's position, a team of researchers said the coronavirus in the droplet could survive in the air for a long time and could float in the air and travel far. That distance can be up to a few meters. Scientists also say that homes with less ventilation, any closed place, including closed buses, are at higher risk of being infected by corona droplets. Even if people maintain a distance of six feet in such places, it is risky. "We are 100% sure of that risk," said Lydia Morauska, a professor of science and environmental engineering at the University of Queensland University of Technology in Australia. He is one of 239 scientists from 32 countries who signed the open letter to the WHO. The letter will be published in a science journal next week. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not commented on the allegations.

If this is to be fully confirmed then changes in health regulations may be required in confined spaces.

They say tiny particles float in the air for hours after people talk and breathe. They mentioned that coronavirus can be infected through this.

"We want them to acknowledge that the coronavirus is spreading in the air," Jose Jimenez, a chemist at the University of Colorado in the United States, told Reuters.

He said the open letter was not an attack on the World Health Organization. 

However, he acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat President Conte's government. That is why we think that the matter should be made public.

Sources: BBC, Los Angeles Times and New York Times.