Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the most common pathways of covid-19 transmission are.

Evidence that COVID-19 can be spread by asymptomatic people is available at the following link:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7508369/

Current evidence shows that the COVID-19 virus is primarily transmitted between people through respiratory droplets and contact routes.

Public Health England has published further information about COVID-19 transmission which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-factors-contributing-to-risk-of-sars-cov2-transmission-in-various-settings-26-november-2020