German choirs silenced as singing branded virus risk

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Anecdotal evidence has been enough to convince German authorities that singing is a particularly high-risk activity in the context of Covid-19. FMTNews German Church Choirs

Berlin Cathedral Choir members were infected during a rehearsal on March 9 when the coronavirus was a distant worry.

“We also can’t be sure if those without symptoms were not infected too, as we have not done antibody tests,” Brommann told AFP. Under new freedoms being gradually introduced across the country’s states, Germans can meet friends in the park, dine in a restaurant, play sports, go to church, browse the shops, watch football and even go swimming.

But there is also evidence to suggest that singing produces especially high numbers of potentially infectious micro-particles. According to a study published in the Nature journal in 2019, saying “aah” for 30 seconds produces twice as many such particles as 30 seconds of continuous coughing. Five boys’ choirs have warned the German government that their existence is under threat if a ban on choral singing continues.

 

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