# How to protect yourself against COVID-19 (1080p 25fps AV1-128kbit AAC)

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus introduced to humans for the first time. It is spread from person to person mainly through the droplets produced when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes. Watch this short animation to learn more about COVID-19 and how to protect yourself against it. Originally published on the World Health Organization, Emergency, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic site, under the advice for the public videos.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2020
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: World Health Organization
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_protect_yourself_against_COVID-19_(1080p_25fps_AV1-128kbit_AAC).webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 3.0 igo](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/deed.en) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: World Health Organization
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/95088531?play=1)