People emit respiratory droplets from their noses and mouths through talking, coughing, sneezing, yelling or even singing. Droplet transmission occurs when a respiratory droplet carrying an organism – like the coronavirus – lands in another person's mouth, nose or eyes and infects them. Droplet transmission may also occur when someone touches an inanimate object (or fomite) that's recently been contaminated with infected droplets and then touches his or her own face.