What's known and unknown about how the new coronavirus, COVID-19, spreads
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"Keep your distance from someone who is coughing or sneezing," he said."And when you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or elbow."from doctors in China is raising concerns about another possible mode of transmission: contact with stool from an infected individual. The fears are a reminder of an incident at a different apartment complex in Hong Kong during the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, when the virus apparently spread through sewage pipes.
"The idea that something could be aerosolized through several levels of a building is probably not realistic," Lauren Sauer, director of operations for the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, told NBC News.
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