India, Feb. 12 -- COVID-19 can't be transmitted through drinking water, but that doesn't mean your tap water is safe

When the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak swept across the United States, toilet paper, hand sanitiser and Clorox wipes flew off store shelves. But shopping carts have also been full of something that most Americans get supplied straight to their home: Water.

Shoppers emptied store shelves of bottled water while stockpiling during the initial months of the pandemic. Even Amazon ran out of most brands of bottled water by mid-March. That month ended with an increase in sales of bottled water by 57 per cent compared to the same time in 2019.

The novel coronavirus is not a waterborne pathogen. The World Health O...