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How to protect yourself against coronavirus

World Health Organization recommends people take these simple precautions against coronavirus to reduce exposure and transmissionWhat is the coronavirus?Coronavirus outbreak – latest updates
How to avoid catching the coronavirus. A visual guide Illustration: Guardian Design

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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