The top US public health agency updated its surface cleaning guidelines this week, officially changing its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from a contaminated surface to a person.

During the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, many experts believed there was a significant risk of infection from virus droplets remaining on surfaces. Frequent hand-washing and sterilization of surfaces was recommended.

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However, the focus has since then moved to transmission through droplets travelling through the air, leading to the sweeping recommendations for mask-wearing in public around the world.

Read more at Times of Israel.