Earlier in the day, the World Health Organization said it contacted the CDC about the guidance change.
The WHO had not seen any "new evidence" on airborne particles and was checking with the CDC to "better understand" the exact nature of the change, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's health emergencies program, said during a news conference at the agency's Geneva headquarters.
The WHO has said Covid-19 primarily spreads through respiratory droplets that pass when an infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes. Studies have shown that the new coronavirus could spread through aerosols in the air, and the WHO has said it is monitoring "emerging evidence" of possible airborne transmission.
The international agency's position "on this remains the same," Ryan said, "and we've always said going back over months and months about the potential for different kinds of roots of transmission and particularly driven by the context, the...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will announce a new round of aid to farmers of about $13 billion at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Thursday night, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Trump in April announced a $19 billion relief program to help U.S. farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus, including $16 billion in direct payments to producers and mass purchases of meat, dairy, vegetables and other products.
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