Coronavirus droplets travel further in windy weather - and your height could affect your risk of contracting it

Government advice to remain two metres apart from others may not be enough to protect people from contracting Covid-19 during windy weather, according to a new study.

Scientists who carried out the research, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, found that the risk of transmitting the coronavirus increases in the wind.

The study revealed that saliva droplets can travel further than usual upon even the lightest of winds. For example, in a breeze of only four kilometres per hour, they can travel up to 18 feet in only five seconds.