By NAMI SUGIURA/ Staff Writer
June 24, 2021 at 18:45 JST
A rendering of how the novel coronavirus spreads when an infected individual speaks loudly. A computer simulated an individual repeatedly saying the numbers one through 10. (Provided by Riken/ Kobe University. Supported by Toyohashi University of Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kyushu University)
Researchers are cautioning people about how long they converse face to face as a new study suggests coronavirus variants could transmit in a much shorter time through speech than the original virus. [Read More]
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