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SINGAPORE, Aug 11 — A new study led by Singapore researchers revealed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) particles can be aerosolised by an infected person when talking and singing. The researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that fine...

SINGAPORE, Aug 11 — A new study led by Singapore researchers revealed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus particles can be aerosolised by an infected person when talking and singing.

“While previous studies have established the relative amount of aerosols or the amount of particles produced through similar activities, they did not measure the amount of SARS-CoV2 virus particles generated,” said project leader Associate Professor Tham Kwok Wai in a statement today. The study which was first published online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases on Aug 6, 2021, involved 22 Covid-19 positive patients who were admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases from February to April 2021.

“We observed that Covid-19 patients early in the course of illness likely to shed detectable levels of SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid in respiratory aerosols. Reducing exposure to fine respiratory aerosols can be achieved through non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as universal masking, physical distancing, increased room ventilation, more efficient filtration and appropriately applied air-cleaning technologies.

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