{"id":16764,"date":"2020-09-22T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T06:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=16764"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T06:30:36","slug":"cdc-removes-guidance-on-airborne-virus-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/16764","title":{"rendered":"CDC removes guidance on airborne virus transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) abruptly removed COVID-19 guidance Monday that warned there is &#8220;growing evidence&#8221; the coronavirus is airborne.<\/p>\n<p>The health authority said the &#8220;draft&#8221; information was posted prematurely, and added it is updating the guidance&#8217;s language before reposting it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency\u2019s official website. CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). Once this process has been completed, the update language will be posted,&#8221; the CDC said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The since removed information about the way the virus spread was updated without fanfare Friday and was not reported on until Sunday when local broadcaster published a story on the change.<\/p>\n<p>While the agency maintains COVID-19 most commonly spreads when people are in close contact, it added Friday &#8220;that droplets and airborne particles can remain suspended in the air and be breathed in by others, and travel distances beyond 6 feet (for example, during choir practice, in restaurants, or in fitness classes).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In general, indoor environments without good ventilation increase this risk,&#8221; it said, according to broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>It also reportedly shifted its language on asymptomatic transmission from saying &#8220;some people without symptoms may be able to spread the virus&#8221; to &#8220;people who are infected but do not show symptoms can spread the virus to others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That has also been removed from the agency&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) abruptly removed COVID-19 guidance Monday that warned there is &#8220;growing evidence&#8221; the coronavirus is airborne. The health authority said the &#8220;draft&#8221; information was posted prematurely, and added it is updating the guidance&#8217;s language before reposting it. &#8220;A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16765,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764\/revisions\/16765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}