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Piers Morgan has come under attack after saying jogging on the street without a mask should be 'illegal' given that runners are wheezing, puffing and panting in a pandemic.Good Morning Britain host Piers got into a heated discussion after scientists recommended joggers should wear face coverings as they run in public.Trish Greenhalgh, professor in primary care health sciences at the University of Oxford said: "There is no doubt the virus is in the air, there is no doubt that you can catch it if you inhale, and that someone else has exhaled.""The exercising jogger - the puffing and panting jogger - you can feel their breath come and you can sometimes actually feel yourself inhale it, so there's no doubt that there is a danger there."The

direct to your inboxJoggers should wear a mask when running past people, experts have warned.In a debate on ITV's Good Morning Britain with hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, two health professors agreed that runners could be putting pedestrians at risk of coronavirus.Trish Greenhalgh, professor in primary care health sciences at the University of Oxford, said there is no doubt it could be a 'dangerous' situation.Prof Greenhalgh told GMB on Tuesday: “There is no doubt the virus is in the air, there is no doubt that you can catch it if you inhale, and that someone else has exhaled.“The exercising jogger – the puffing and panting jogger – you can feel their breath come and you can sometimes actually feel yourself inhale it, so there’s no