Airborne transmission of the coronavirus: doctor Karine Lacombe makes revelations in "C à vous": Femme Actuelle Le MAG

Even if panic has not yet completely taken hold of the populations affected by the coronavirus, many questions remain unanswered. The pandemic which affects the whole world worries and generates a certain fear vis-à-vis its dangerousness. Controversies are also mixed in the daily struggle of scientists and caregivers. The decision to prescribe chloroquine divides specialists and personalities. Friday April 3, 2020, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine received the doctor Karine Lacombe in his show C to you sure France 5. She first described the distressing atmosphere that has prevailed in health facilities in recent weeks. Questioned later on the risks of spread of Covid-19, the latter made in particular certain revelations on air transmission.

Karine Lacombe spoke about the uncertainties concerning the treatments

The doctor indeed mentioned the fact that certain treatments were still at an experimental stage and that it was necessary to wait before having the certainties necessary to treat serenely. Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine then spoke of the crazy spread of the pandemic that is frightening communities. An American scientist points out in particular the fact that according to him the virus spreads in the air. "It does not wander like that but obviously it is carried by the air", Explain Karine Lacombe. She stresses that saliva projections can play a major role in the spread of the disease. It is estimated to date that one million people are contaminated with Covid-19.

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