Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020.
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, up to 15 m from the primary case-patient, without close physical contact, suggesting airborne transmission.
['Katelaris|Anthea L|AL|', 'Wells|Jessica|J|', 'Clark|Penelope|P|', 'Norton|Sophie|S|', 'Rockett|Rebecca|R|', 'Arnott|Alicia|A|', 'Sintchenko|Vitali|V|', 'Corbett|Stephen|S|', 'Bag|Shopna K|SK|']
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epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 church singing Australia severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 COVID-19 coronavirus disease coronaviruses disease outbreak infectious disease transmission presymptomatic public health practice respiratory infections viruses whole-genome sequencing zoonoses