Chief minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned that the COVID-19 could be spreading via airborne transmission through the trucks which originate from other states entering West Bengal.
The US centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Covid-19 can spread through airborne transmission which raised concern in Mamata Banerjee.
“No matter what others say, Covid-19 is surely spreading through air-borne transmission. We still don’t know till how far the virus is spreading through air. Everyone is giving a different opinion. All we can do is to take precaution till the time a vaccine is developed,” she said at an administrative meeting
The CDC had said that Covid-19 can spread through airborne transmission. Earlier, the CDC had taken down a similar warning. The updated guidance said that the virus can stay in the air for minutes to hours in the form of small droplets and particles and that some people could get infected by exposure to these.
The chief minister advised officials in the administrative meeting held in Jhargram district to check the tyres of some trucks entering the state. Jhargram shares its borders with Jharkhand and Covid-19 numbers have been rising in the district over the past few weeks.
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“We need to test the tyres of a few trucks which are entering the state through toll plazas. If the virus can be transmitted through clothes and shopping bags, then why not tyres,” Banerjee said.
However, there has not been a study on tyres as the carrier of the COVID-19 Virus. It could be a possibility since clothes and other objects carry the virus.
“In my locality, six members of one family had tested positive. From them, the disease had spread to 36 others. I had stopped the movement of vehicles on the road where the house was located because as vehicles move from one place to another, they can spread diseases.
The tyres of vehicles can carry organisms, which can trigger diseases. Soon after the locality was turned into a containment zone and the movement of vehicles was stopped, the disease stopped spreading. But as soon as the restrictions were withdrawn on September 8, it again started spreading. Two of my office-bearers have tested positive after the restrictions were lifted,” she added.
