The pressure is on for Australia to accept the coronavirus really can spread in the air we breathe
- Written by C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
from www.shutterstock.comMore than a year into the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control finallychanged their guidance to acknowledge SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be transmitted through the air we breathe.
In Australia, we’ve just had the latest leak from hotel quarantine, this...





