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cord-290277-ndfoppoq	Bahl, Prateek	Airborne or droplet precautions for health workers treating COVID-19?	2020-04-16		.txt	text/plain	3496	207	58	World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines for contact and droplet precautions for Healthcare Workers (HCWs) caring for suspected COVID-19 patients, whilst the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended airborne precautions. We aimed to review the evidence for horizontal distance travelled by droplets and the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), US Center for Diseases Control (CDC) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on respiratory protection for COVID-19. We aimed to review the evidence supporting the rule of 1 m (≈3 ft) spatial separation for droplet precautions in the context of guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), US Center for Diseases Control (CDC) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) for HCWs on respiratory protection for COVID-19. Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)	./cache/cord-290277-ndfoppoq.txt	./txt/cord-290277-ndfoppoq.txt