Public Health Medicine, Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland.
These authors contributed equally to this article and share first authorship.
Euro Surveill. 2020 May;25(21). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.21.2000903.
As many countries begin to lift some of the restrictions to contain COVID-19 spread, lack of evidence of transmission in the school setting remains. We examined Irish notifications of SARS-CoV2 in the school setting before school closures on 12 March 2020 and identified no paediatric transmission. This adds to current evidence that children do not appear to be drivers of transmission, and we argue that reopening schools should be considered safe accompanied by certain measures.
随着许多国家开始放宽一些旨在遏制 COVID-19 传播的限制措施,学校环境中缺乏传播证据。我们检查了 2020 年 3 月 12 日学校关闭前爱尔兰在学校环境中对 SARS-CoV2 的通知,并未发现儿童传播。这增加了目前的证据,表明儿童似乎不是传播的驱动因素,我们认为,在采取某些措施的情况下,重新开放学校应该是安全的。