WHO scientific brief on COVID-19 transmission?

The WHO scientific brief on COVID-19 transmission is like a detective story that helps us figure out how the virus moves from one person to another.

Imagine you're playing tag with your friends at the park. When someone gets tagged, they become "it", just like how the virus spreads when someone near you catches it from you. The WHO scientists are like super-smart detectives who watched how people played tag (or got tagged) in different ways.

Sometimes, you can catch the virus by being close to someone who is coughing or sneezing, just like getting tagged if your friend is right next to you and jumps on you.

Other times, the virus can travel through the air, like a whisper that reaches you even when you're a little far away.

If everyone wears masks, it’s like wearing a shield while playing tag, it makes it harder for the virus to reach you. Washing hands or using hand sanitizer is like cleaning your gloves after the game so no one else gets tagged by germs stuck on them.

The WHO scientific brief gives us all these clues so we can play smarter and stay healthier!