Dr. Sudhir Mehta shares an important piece of information from a recent research letter published in Annals of Internal Medicine highlighting how a healthy infant with COVID-19 managed to contaminate surroundings up to a metre away.

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A generally healthy infant with COVID-19 can still contaminate its surroundings, according to a research letter in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

A 6-month-old infant tested positive for COVID-19 with a high viral load but no respiratory symptoms. The personal protective equipment (PPE) of the healthcare worker who cared for the infant tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, but the infant's bedding, bed rail, and a table located 1 meter away from the bed all tested positive.