Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in children aged 0 to 19 years in childcare facilities and schools after their reopening in May 2020, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Joachim P. Ehrhardt, Aslı Ekinci, H Krehl, Maylin Meincke, Iris Finci, Jonathan D. Klein, B Geisel, Christiane Wagner-Wiening, Martin Eichner, S Brockmann
Abstract
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-Württemberg, 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.
Topics & Concepts
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Transmission (telecommunications)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPediatricsEnvironmental healthMedicineDemographyGeographyVirologySociologyOutbreakTelecommunicationsPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Computer scienceDiseaseInfection Control and VentilationCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 and Mental Health