Summary
The current global pandemic of the respiratory disease known as COVID-19 has certainly become a persistent fear and constant part of our lives. To understand the spread of the virus and subsequently ascertain effective practices to curb the spread of the disease, it is necessary to understand the way the virus can be transported through the air in the form of aerosols. The research article provides a concise discussion of this airborne transmission in indoor environments from a physicist’s perspective and provides recommendations based on the results obtained to curb the spread of the virus.