Eurosurv. Minimal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from paediatric COVID-19 cases in primary schools, Norway, August to November 2020

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Minimal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from paediatric COVID-19 cases in primary schools, Norway, August to November 2020

• Lin T Brandal[SUP]1,2[/SUP] , Trine S Ofitserova[SUP]1[/SUP] , Hinta Meijerink[SUP]1[/SUP] , Rikard Rykkvin[SUP]1[/SUP] , Hilde M Lund[SUP]1[/SUP] , Olav Hungnes[SUP]1[/SUP] , Margrethe Greve-Isdahl[SUP]1[/SUP] , Karoline Bragstad[SUP]1[/SUP] , Karin Nyg?rd[SUP]1[/SUP] , Brita A Winje[SUP]1[/SUP]

An intense debate on school closures to control the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing in Europe. We prospectively examined transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from confirmed paediatric cases in Norwegian primary schools between August and November 2020. All in-school contacts were systematically tested twice during their quarantine period. With preventive measures implemented in schools, we found minimal child-to-child (0.9%, 2/234) and child-to-adult (1.7%, 1/58) transmission, supporting that under 14 year olds are not the drivers of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.


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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.26.1.2002011#html_fulltext