COVID-19 has killed over 2,000 people since it emerged from the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
They argued that while droplets and close contact are the most common routes of transmission, they do not appear to account for all cases or"the reasons for the rapid spread of this virus."
"This virus has many routes of transmission, which can partially explain its strong transmission and fast transmission speed," the report added.Emerging Microbes & Infections by a separate team of researchers, which similarly suggested the virus might be capable of infecting people if they ingest fecal matter. The team examined a total of 178 swabs taken from the anal cavities of COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the outbreak. They found the virus was present in the swabs.
"We detected the virus in oral swabs, anal swabs and blood, thus infected patients can potentially shed this pathogen through respiratory, fecal-oral or body fluid routes," they wrote.province, on February 16, 2020.
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