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CDC clarifies guidelines on how coronavirus spreads

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an update to their recent changes to the coronavirus guidelines. Two days after the guidelines said COVID-19 "does not spread easily" by touching contaminated surfaces or objects, the CDC clarified that the wording they used was "confusing."

"This change was intended to make it easier to read, and was not a result of any new science," the CDC said in a news release.

The agency had always warned that "it may be possible" to become infected with coronavirus by touching contaminated surfaces or objects although the primary way to get infected is through person-to-person contact. That statement still holds true with the recently updated guidelines saying: "This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about how this virus spreads."