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- How can schools not become points of transmission for COVID-19?
- 1,024,298
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- Children have a lower risk of contracting and transmitting
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Some data from schools around the world that have reopened face-to-face activities shows that schools are not becoming centers of COVID-19 transmission. The scientific journal Nature wrote an article saying that COVID-19 infections did not increase during schooling and daycare reopened after several months of quarantine. In addition, when cases of transmission were found, only a small proportion were symptomatic.
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How can schools not become points of transmission for COVID-19?
The scientific journal Nature compiled data compiled from reports from several cities around the world and concluded that schools could be safely reopened when cases of infection in these communities were low. According to these data, in areas with an increase in cases that are still occurring, the transmission of COVID-19 in schools is low. This condition occurs when strict precautions are taken to reduce transmission.
Italy has reopened teaching and learning activities in more than 65,000 schools in September 2020 although cases of transmission have increased again as Europe enters its second wave (second wave). After one month, on Monday (5/10), it was reported that a total of 1,212 schools had confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. Of these, 93% of them have only one case of infection, and only one school has more than 10 cases of COVID-19 transmission.
In the Australian state of Victoria, the second wave of COVID-19 transmission surged in July. But cases of large transmission that occur in school clusters or day care centers are rare. There are a total of 1,635 cases of COVID-19 in schools, two-thirds of whom reported only one confirmed case, and another 91% with less than 10 cases of transmission.
In the UK, there are more cases of COVID-19 in schools between staff members. Of the total 30 cluster cases in schools, only 2 cases involved student-to-student transmission.
Something similar happened in the United States. Transmission in the community was still very high when schools began to reopen in August. In addition, the proportion of transmitting COVID-19 to children in this country continues to increase. Even so, researchers said it was not yet known how often transmission in schools contributed to transmission in other clusters.
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DeathDistribution MapChildren have a lower risk of contracting and transmitting
Researchers suspect that one of the reasons schools are not centers of transmission is because children are less susceptible to contracting COVID-19 than adults, especially children aged 12 years and under. When children under 12 years of age become infected, they are less likely to pass it on to other people.
A study in Germany that monitors the transmission of COVID-19 in schools says infection is less common in children aged 6-10 years than in older children or adults who work in schools.
"The potential for transmission increases with age," said Walter Haas, one of the researchers on the study. According to him, adolescents and adults should be focused in implementing preventive measures. More attention must be paid to the obedience of wearing masks, maintaining distance, and washing hands during school activities. This precaution should be taken especially when the transmission rate in the area is still high.
It is not yet known what makes children have a lower risk of contracting and transmitting than adults.
