CDC: How Covid-19 Spreads

April 10, 2020

AUTHORITY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

DATE PRODUCED: Last reviewed April 2, 2020

TYPE: Info sheet

THE QUESTIONS IT ANSWERS: 

  • How does Covid-19 spread? 
  • How easily does the virus spread?
  • How does it spread, from person to person? From surfaces?

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

This document outlines how COVID-19 spreads from person-to-person and from contact with contaminated surfaces or objects, along with explaining how easily the virus can spread.