US CDC CLAIMS COVID COULD SPREAD THROUGH AIR, THEN DELETES WARNING

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that COVID-19 could spread through airborne particles that can remain suspended in the air and travel beyond six feet, Manas Misra reported for Reuters.

The agency previously said the virus mainly spreads from person to person through respiratory droplets when a sick person coughs, sneezes or talks. 

The updated guidance, posted on the agency's website on Friday, also recommended that people use air purifiers to reduce airborne germs indoors to avoid the disease from spreading. Airborne viruses are among the most contagious, and the CDC warned that poorly-ventilated places increase the risk of spreading. 

However, the CDC withdrew the guidance on its website shortly after the aforementioned was posted, puzzling doctors and public health experts and adding to the list of rapid reversal is another in a string of confusing missteps from the agency regarding official guidance that it posts on its website, the New York Times reported. 

"A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency’s official website,” CDC said, and that a once the final version is complete, “the update language will be posted.” The document was posted to the C.D.C.’s website “prematurely” and is still being revised, according to a federal official familiar with the matter.

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