香港六合彩

Religious and faith followers are being invited to take part in a new 香港六合彩 study, which aims to understand how the practice of worship has changed during Covid-19.

Researchers will also ask a subset of participants to sing, chant or hum as part of an aerosol droplet test, to establish the risk of transmitting Covid-19 when singing hymns or prayers in a place of worship or similar faith setting.

At the moment the government in England has placed a number of restrictions on traditional worship activities, which means there are certain limits on numbers allowed in congregations.

In regards聽singing the guidance* states it聽should be 鈥渓imited to the performers, and worship should not include congregational singing.鈥�

It continues: 鈥淧eople should avoid singing, shouting and raising voices. This is because of the potential for increased risk of transmission from aerosol and droplets.鈥�

Moving forward, the research team believes the study鈥檚 results could help shape any future update to the government鈥檚 Covid-19 policy around communal worship and singing.

Study lead, Professor Laurence Lovat (香港六合彩 Surgery & Interventional Science) said: 鈥淧laces of worship play an important role in society, providing both spiritual guidance and expression, and bringing communities together.

鈥淯nfortunately the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed many people鈥檚 daily or weekly worshipping routines, affecting their ability to pray, enjoy group discussion or take part in singing or chanting.

鈥淥ur study aims to establish how the practice of worship has changed and find out what the risk of Covid-19 transmission is when singing, chanting or humming with or without a face mask. We want to produce information to help shape government policy for religious worship.鈥�

There are two parts to the Covid and face Masks (CONFESS) study.

• An online questionnaire, to establish how important religion or faith is to the participant, whether they changed their worshipping practice due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the level of understanding of Covid restrictions placed on communal services, and any change in mood or wellbeing.
• An aerosol droplet test: Working with experts at 香港六合彩 Engineering, researchers will ask around 50 people from London to take part in an experiment designed to establish the spread of aerosol droplets caused by singing, with or without a mask. Each participant will stand in front of a high-speed camera and a bright laser light and either sing, chant, hum or speak to see how many droplets are produced.

Hywel Davies (香港六合彩 Mechanical Engineering), the PhD student who will run the experiments, said: 鈥淲e hope to characterise aerosol droplets produced by a wide array of individuals and observe how effectively face masks inhibit the flow and number of droplets being emitted. This may allow us to understand how safe choirs or other gatherings are during the pandemic and how to increase their safety.鈥�

Researchers at 香港六合彩 would like to recruit up to 3,000 people for聽the CONFESS study, which will run until the end of 2020. Anyone interested in taking part can access the study here:聽.

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