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Fact check: The risk of catching coronavirus outdoors How great is the risk of contracting coronavirus outdoors? Coronavirus: Germany to create 19 medical storage facilities for future emergencies Replay Video UP NEXT The chances of becoming infected with the virus are far slimmer outdoors than indoors. This applies to the original coronavirus as well as to its mutants. This is due to aerosols, which are tiny particles floating in the atmosphere, that play a key role in the spread of the virus. Experts say aerosols pose a smaller risk outdoors. This has to do with air circulation being far more pronounced outdoors, says Nico Mutters, who heads the Institute for Hygiene and Public Health at Bonn University Hospital. The winds have a quick diluting effect. Birgit Wehner, an aerosols researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, says the tiny particles we exhale dry and dissipate far quicker outdoors. However, a paper by the Aerosols Association signed by W

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