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. 2021 May 18;72(10):e639-e641.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1241.

Droplets and Aerosols Generated by Singing and the Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 for Choirs

Prateek Bahl  1 , Charitha de Silva  1 , Shovon Bhattacharjee  2 , Haley Stone  3 , Con Doolan  1 , Abrar Ahmad Chughtai  3 , C Raina MacIntyre  2
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Droplets and Aerosols Generated by Singing and the Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 for Choirs

Prateek Bahl et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Choral singing has become a major risk during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to high infection rates. Our visualization and velocimetry results reveal that the majority of droplets expelled during singing follow the ambient airflow pattern. These results point toward the possibility of COVID-19 spread by small airborne droplets during singing.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; airborne transmission; choirs; singing.

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