Chinese Study Which Claimed Coronavirus Could Travel 15 Ft, Stay In Air For 30 Mins Retracted

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Mar. 10, 2020

A widely shared Chinese study which claimed the coronavirus could travel nearly 15 feet and stay in the air for 30 minutes was retracted without explanation on Tuesday morning.

😳 This study by official researchers has now been retracted. Notice by the editorial department of the #China journal below. No reason given. #coronavirus https://t.co/n0TJ0yqW1T pic.twitter.com/ubxBEyzTl9
— Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) March 10, 2020

"The study at the centre of this article on the transmission of the coronavirus was retracted on Tuesday by the journal Practical Preventive Medicine without giving a reason," the South China Morning Post reported.

The study had tried to determine how various passengers on a CCTV-monitored four hour bus ride got infected. The furthest away passenger who got the virus was at a distance of 4.5 meters.

Researchers have found that a bus passenger managed to infect others seated as far as 4.5 metres away. Most were not wearing a mask. Read more here: https://t.co/5I0PuNTelm pic.twitter.com/ojQsEaKTPm
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) March 10, 2020

The CDC currently believes the coronavirus is spread "between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet)," "through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes," and by people "touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads."

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