While Principal Scientific Adviser K VijayRaghavan said there is no worry about transmission through such mediums. Primary transmission happens when people speak, or when two people are in close proximity and if the droplets drop on any surface come in contact with the other person then it can spread through water, he had said. But mostly it spreads through aerosol. It also depends on airflow. There is no need to worry. It dilutes in the water to an extent that there is little danger of transmission, Raghavan added.
On Tuesday, the Bihar government fished out 71 bodies from the Ganges in Buxar district raising suspicion that the abandoned corpses could be those of COVID-19 patients.