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Volume 27, Number 6?June 2021

Anthea L. Katelaris , Jessica Wells, Penelope Clark, Sophie Norton, Rebecca Rockett, Alicia Arnott, Vitali Sintchenko, Stephen Corbett, and Shopna K. Bag

Abstract

An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection occurred among church attendees after an infectious chorister sang at multiple services. We detected 12 secondary case-patients. Video recordings of the services showed that case-patients were seated in the same section, >15 m from the primary case-patient, without close physical contact, suggesting airborne transmission.

Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/6/21-0465_article?ACSTrackingID=USCDC_333-DM54062&ACSTrackingLabel=Latest%20Expedited%20Articles%20-%20Emerging%20Infectious%20Diseases%20Journal%20-%20April%205%2C%202021&deliveryName=USCDC_333-DM54062#suggestedcitation
Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Australia