“SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is airborne.”
What Vera Files found
Latest briefs from WHO and the the U.S. CDC say SARS-CoV-2 is still mainly transmitted through respiratory secretions or droplets that can reach the mouth, nose and eyes of someone who comes in close contact with a COVID-19-infected person. Current evidence show that airborne transmission of the virus can occur in special circumstances.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 8 October 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 31 October 2020, 23 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/_fek44Eqid8?t=355
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