Eurosurv. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in children aged 0 to 19 years in childcare facilities and schools after their reopening in May 2020, Baden-W?rtt

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• Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in children aged 0 to 19 years in childcare facilities and schools after their reopening in May 2020, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany
  
  
• J Ehrhardt[SUP]1,2[/SUP] , A Ekinci[SUP]1,2,3[/SUP] , H Krehl[SUP]1,3[/SUP] , M Meincke[SUP]1,4[/SUP] , I Finci[SUP]1,5[/SUP] , J Klein[SUP]1[/SUP] , B Geisel[SUP]6[/SUP] , C Wagner-Wiening[SUP]1[/SUP] , M Eichner[SUP]7[/SUP] , SO Brockmann[SUP]1[/SUP]

We investigated data from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected 0–19 year olds, who attended schools/childcare facilities, to assess their role in SARS-CoV-2 transmission after these establishments’ reopening in May 2020 in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Child-to-child transmission in schools/childcare facilities appeared very uncommon. We anticipate that, with face mask use and frequent ventilation of rooms, transmission rates in schools/childcare facilities would remain low in the next term, even if classes’ group sizes were increased.



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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.36.2001587#html_fulltext