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As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

 Used mask, littered on the ground. [File, Standard]

Covid-19 can be transmitted through the air after exposure to very fine respiratory droplets and aerosol particles containing the infectious disease.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which confirmed this, termed respiratory fluids as the fine droplets released during respiration.

The revelation comes when schools — most of which lack social distancing — have just opened and teachers’ vaccine uptake has also been low.

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