AUSTRALIA'S health leadership has been proven once again, with a warning from a local doctor that coronavirus may be able to be spread through farts.
A social media thread by Aussie Dr Andy Tagg cited tests earlier this year which found more than 50% of patients with COVID-19 infection had the virus present in their bowel.
"SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in faeces and has been detected in an asymptomatic individual up to 17 days post-exposure," Tagg said.
However, presence of COVID-19 in any farts would be extremely unlikely if the person was wearing pants, he added, urging further work to rule out transmission via bodily gases.
Strict anti-coronavirus measures being introduced in Indonesia have apparently included the recruitment of volunteer actors to play the role of "ghosts" aiming to scare people into staying at home.
The initiative is the brainchild of a group in the village of Kepuh in central Java, using spooky so-called "Pocong" or "shroud ghosts" (below).
However the novelty may be having the opposite effect, with some people heading out on the streets to check them out.
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