A federal official says the White House had not approved the initial version, which included the warning, 'The act of singing may contribute to transmission of COVID-19.'
The CDC has revised its guidance to church leaders, deleting a warning about the risk of spreading the coronavirus through choirs and singing. In this photo from last summer, a choir sings at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
The warning about singing was part of new guidance for leaders of faith-based organizations that the CDC posted to its website. But the guidance disappeared over the weekend, apparently because the White House had not approved it. That warning highlighted a risk that had been identified by U.S. public health officials. But the sentence was later deleted because it had been published by mistake, a federal official tells NPR.
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