Watch Out For The Newspaper!!!

That was a based on a study for what it could do (in a lab). Try not to over read into it.
Reporters often add in other info and opinion and anecdotes to make better reading.
Infection starts from respiratory. And the paper itself is hardly touched by human hands nevermind spray from sneezing. Take the steps after touching the outside to keep it away rom your respiratory tract. And if there was any viruses there, you wash them away.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973