India, April 1 -- While there is panic over receiving letters and parcels amid coronavirus threat, the World Health Organization and industry experts say that it's safe to read a newspaper. Inks and chemicals are used in both the manufacturing and printing process that could prevent the virus from living on surfaces and there is collective scientific evidence that newspapers are harmless, and that there's really no risk of catching any infection from them. The International News Media Association (INMA), an influential body that globally promotes best practices for news media, has collected current scientific research on the safety of newspapers that clearly demonstrates these are safe. So far there's been no instance of COVID-19 transmissi...