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Talking and singing plays a significant role in Covid-19 transmission

07 Aug 2021

Prof. Neelika Malavige from the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardenapura notes that talking and singing plays a significant role in Covid-19 transmission. She mentioned this on her official twitter handle by quoting from a paper titled “Viral Load of SARS-CoV-2 in Respiratory Aerosols Emitted by COVID-19 Patients while Breathing, Talking, and Singing” published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. “Fine aerosols produced by talking and singing contain more SARS-CoV-2 copies than coarse aerosols and may play a significant role in SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Exposure to fine aerosols, especially indoors, should be mitigated. Isolating viable SARS-CoV-2 from respiratory aerosol samples remains challenging, and whether this can be more easily accomplished for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants is an urgent enquiry necessitating larger-scale studies,” the paper notes. In line with this, Prof. Malavige advises that large indoor gatherings should be stopped right now, until a large proportion of the adult population are fully vaccinated.


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