Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today The C.D.C. said the risk of contracting the virus from a surface is extremely low. April 8, 2021 Image Credit...The New York Times The seeds of a fourth surge of the virus in the U.S. may now be sprouting in Michigan, the Upper Midwest and the Northeast. Slovakia said that doses it received of Russia’s Sputnik V are different from a version that was peer-reviewed by The Lancet. The end of “hygiene theater” You can put away the disinfectant and stop wiping down your groceries. This week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines on the dangers of coronavirus infection from touching a doorknob, a subway pole, or other surface. The risk is extremely low.