May 21, 2020 by Marlee McCormick

CDC: COVID-19 Not Easily Spread By Touching Surfaces

(Atlanta, GA) — The CDC now says that COVID-19 doesn’t spread easily by touching contaminated surfaces and objects.

That doesn’t mean to stop washing hands and disinfecting. It still can transmit that way, but newly updated guidelines suggest it’s not the main way to catch the virus. That’s still through person-to-person contact.