The virus mainly spreads through person-to-person transmission. The virus can travel through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes and land in the mouths and nostrils of passersby.
Common Questions About COVID-19
The virus mainly spreads through person-to-person transmission. The virus can travel through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes and land in the mouths and nostrils of passersby.
It’s believed that people are most contagious when they are at their sickest, or when their symptoms are most severe. It may be possible for the virus to spread before someone has shown symptoms, but this is not the primary method of spreading.
It is possible that a person could get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that’s been contaminated by the virus, but this is not the primary method of spreading.
The offending viruses, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, have been known to cause severe illnesses in people. So far, scientists and medical professionals don’t have enough data about COVID-19 to completely understand it. Reported cases of illness range anywhere from mild to severe, and there have been cases where illness resulted in death. A report from China suggests that 16% of cases involve serious illness. Those who are at risk of a serious illness linked to COVID-19 are older people with certain underlying health conditions, such as heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes.
At this time, there is no vaccine for coronavirus.
