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The COVID-19 pandemic was identified in late 2019 at Wuhan, China Its outbreak causes respiratory illness It is considered to be a potential zoonotic disease and is asymptomatic or flu-like SARS is a new clinical entity of the COVID-19 outbreak The other symptoms are fever, sore throat, cold They spread through droplets, saliva, or sneeze They are also transmitted to the child by placental transmission The airborne transmission is by aerosols where droplets are >5µm They become bioaerosols and are found to travel more than 100 meters In experimental work, it is found that the particles of COVID can be detected 3 hours after no clinical setting The only way to stop the spread is appropriate preventive measures like PPE, respiratory etiquette, and social distancing There are some recent advances in the field to stop the spread of COVID-19 In this review, we discuss the transmission and spread of coronavirus by aerosols and the various preventive measures used by medical practitioners to stop the spread of this pandemic
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