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cord-255078-jfwzax5l	Spantideas, Nikolaos	Covid-19 And Holy Communion	2020-08-20		.txt	text/plain	1145	61	48	The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has revived the long-standing discussion regarding the potential hazards of infectious disease transmission through the shared communion cup. It should be noted that all authors have focused their investigations on bacterial isolation from the chalice or the sacramental wine and none has investigated the viability and transmissibility of viral agents via the common communion cup. In summary, the common communion cup may theoretically serve as a vehicle of transmitting infection, but the potential risk of transmission is very small. Currently, available data do not provide any support for the suggestion that the practice of sharing a common communion cup can contribute to the spread of COVID-19 because SARS-CoV-2 transmission from a COVID-19 patient or asymptomatic carrier to other people has not been reported.	./cache/cord-255078-jfwzax5l.txt	./txt/cord-255078-jfwzax5l.txt