L. Brandal, T. S. Ofitserova, H. Meijerink, R. Rykkvin, H. M. Lund, O. Hungnes, M. Greve-Isdahl, K. Bragstad, K. Nygård, B. Winje
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2021
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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Field of study: Medicine