The COVID-19 outbreak has been spreading like a wildfire since it was first detected in China’s Wuhan city. As of July 7 the contagious virus has infected over 11 million people worldwide and claimed more than 5 lakh lives. Several theories have been proposed regarding the mode of transmission of the virus. One commonly accepted theory also acknowledged by the World Health Organization (WHO) is that COVID-19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus spreads primarily from person to person through respiratory droplets which are expelled when a person infected with the virus coughs sneezes or speaks. Based on this