The World Health Organization says people with the novel coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel sick.<br />According to Reuters, WHO experts said Tuesday that it was this feature that has made it so hard to control the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.<br />However, officials said it can be accomplished through social distancing and robust testing.<br />It appears...that people have more virus in their body at or around the time that they develop symptoms, so very early on. Maria van Kerkhove Epidemiologist, World Health Organization<br />The virus lodges in the upper respiratory tract, making it easier to transmit by droplets. Related viruses like SARS or MERS are in the lower tract.
