My Dr said to treat it like flu season and Proper hand washing as stated above. So I gather it can be and probably is transmitted from surfaces to hand to nose, mouth, or eyes just like the flu and about every other bad bug out there. I've been very diligent about not touching my face unless I wash or sanitize my hands with 75%-80% sanitizer. Sanitizer has to be on iirc 30 seconds to do the job.