White House Launches nCoV Origins Investigation

I didn't want to start a new thread, it's now airborne & stably suspended in air.

You can click on link, google will translate. I'll post the english version below.

hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/cnnews/20200208/bkn-20200208160141293-0208_00952_001.html


Hong Kong and Macao Version
New Coronary Pneumonia: Official first evidence virus can be transmitted through aerosol
Hong Kong timeFebruary 08 (Sat) 16:01

A press conference on epidemic prevention was held in Shanghai, and the first demonstration of the virus could be transmitted through aerosols.
The epidemic of new crown pneumonia spread. The Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference on the afternoon of Saturday (8th). It was the first time that the new crown virus was confirmed to be transmitted through aerosols. That is, the virus-bearing droplets were mixed in the air to form an aerosol, which was stably suspended in In the air, people may become infected by inhaling virus aerosols.
The press conference pointed out that some clustered cases of families have recently occurred in Shanghai, emphasizing the need to further strengthen the epidemic prevention within the family; it was suggested that the currently identifiable routes of transmission of the new coronavirus pneumonia are mainly direct transmission, aerosol transmission and contact transmission.
According to Zeng Qun, deputy director of Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, direct transmission refers to droplets of patients sneezing, coughing, and talking. Contacts inhale the infection directly at close range. Contact transmission refers to the deposition of air droplets on the surface of the object. After touching the hands, contact the oral cavity, Nasal cavity and eyes can cause infection. For people who are self-isolated at home, Zeng Qun said that there should be independent rooms and doors that are often closed, windows are opened for ventilation, hands are washed frequently, contact with household items is reduced, and the chance of cross-infection among family members is reduced.
It was reiterated at the meeting that to prevent the spread of the epidemic, all social activities must be abolished, to discourage relatives and friends in key epidemic areas from delaying visits to Shanghai, to maintain air circulation in their homes, to pay attention to personal hygiene, and to perform daily household disinfection; foreign returnees need to cooperate with investigations and actively accept isolation. Avoid contact with body secretions of people with suspicious symptoms. When dining, use chopsticks to dine, eat fast, talk less, and avoid shaking hands and hugging.
For the return of the Spring Festival, a large number of people returned to Shanghai to start work. The city government required the person in charge of the enterprise to do a good job in the company's internal epidemic prevention work, strengthen the registration of employees who returned from other places, and let employees return from key areas to be isolated at home for 14 days without exception. Symptoms just return to work.
In addition, Zhu Renyi, director of the Department of Disinfection and Infection Control of the Shanghai Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at the meeting that Shanghai is about to usher in the return of the Spring Festival. The city government will set up quarantine checkpoints at airports and train stations. All passengers entering Shanghai must cooperate with measuring body temperature. Fill out the declaration form. At the same time, Shanghai will strictly implement measures for body temperature detection and wearing masks in public places until the first-level response mechanism for major public health emergencies is lifted.
New Coronary Pneumonia Page: hk.on.cc/fea/whdisease/