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German scientists have discovered that the coronavirus can be transmitted at distance more than 8 meters. About it reports RIA "news" with reference to the press release of the Centre for the study of infectious diseases named after Helmholtz (HZI).

Experts have studied the causes of outbreaks of infection in the enterprise of meat processing concern Tönnie, where the coronavirus has infected more than 1.5 thousand workers.

They have designed events in the enterprise that are associated with the beginning of the outbreak. In the result it became clear that the virus is passed from one person in a radius of more than 8 meters.

December 31, 2019, the Chinese government announced the outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan. The causative agent is a new type of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19. March 11, the world health organization (who) declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic.