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Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder in the US found that airborne particles carrying a mammalian Coronavirus closely related to the virus, which causes Covid-19, remain infectious for twice as long in drier air, in part because the saliva emitted with them serves as a protective barrier around the virus, especially at low humidity levels.The