WHO acknowledges evidence of airborne transmission of COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged “emerging evidence” that the coronavirus can be transmitted through the air, according to an NBC News report.

Dr. Maria van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, said in a Tuesday briefing that the organization has had “active engagement” with a group that scientists that urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease is spread.