The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says the coronavirus “does not spread easily” through touching surfaces or objects.
In early March, the federal health agency was warning that it “may be possible” to spread on the virus from contaminated surfaces, consistent with Fox News.
Its guidelines now include a section on ways the virus ‘doesn’t‘ easily spread — including from touching surfaces or objects.
“It could also be possible that an individual can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus thereon then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes,” the CDC webpage states.
“This isn’t thought to be the most way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus.”
Other ways the virus doesn’t easily spread is from animals to people or people to animals, the CDC’s updated webpage states.
It’s unclear when the CDC updated its guidance. The agency didn’t immediately answer The Post’s request for comment.
The agency continues to notice that the virus is assumed to mainly spread from person-to-person — even by those not showing symptoms.
Specifically, it mainly spreads between people that are in close contact, within 6 feet of every other, when someone with the infection coughs, sneezes or talks, causing droplets to land in another persons mouth or nose.
The Food and Drug Administration said last month there was no evidence to suggest the virus can spread through food, or what it’s wrapped in which there was no got to wipe down groceries.
“The biggest issue is that folks are learning COVID-19 from people ,” Marilyn Roberts, a microbiologist and professor at the University of Washington previously told The Post.
“They’re not picking it up from surfaces.”
