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by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
Mar 02, 2020
2 minutes
How does the coronavirus spread?
The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak is a new illness and scientists are still assessing how it spreads from person to person, but similar viruses tend to spread via cough and sneeze droplets .
When an infected person coughs or sneezes, they release droplets of saliva or mucus. who sneezes or coughs for 10 minutes or longer.
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