The federal Centers for Disease Control recently said the coronavirus doesn’t spread as easily from someone touching a surface or object than it does via person-to-person contact?

if it’s an outdoor surface, that’s something we’re likely gonna get to sooner than later than we would to an indoor surface,” Murphy said during his daily coronavirus briefing in Trenton.

“Right now, the evidence suggests contaminated surfaces aren’t really the main mode of transmission,” Tan said.

But earlier this month, it was changed to a section about how “the virus does not spread easily in other ways.”.

“It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes,” the CDC website says now.

The agency did said the main source of the virus’ spread is through respiratory droplets when a person coughs, sneezes, or talks closely around someone else.

“Therefore, if they happen to touch an object with the novel coronavirus, the chances of getting infected are very high,” Raut said in a statement.

And Murphy has permitted nonessential retail businesses to offer curbside service and said beaches can be open for the summer.

Still, he said it’s easier right now to reopen activities more because the virus is more likely to spread indoors.