Children and COVID-19 in schools

Science. 2021 Nov 5;374(6568):680-682. doi: 10.1126/science.abj2042. Epub 2021 Nov 4.

Authors

Shamez N Ladhani^{1

2}; sKIDs Investigation Team

Affiliations

¹ Immunisation and Countermeasures Division, Public Health England, London, UK.
² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St. George's University of London, London, UK. The members of the sKIDs Investigation Team are provided in the supplementary materials.

PMID: 34735251
DOI: 10.1126/science.abj2042

Abstract

The benefits of in-person schooling with mitigations in place outweigh the risks of COVID-19 for children.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control
COVID-19 / transmission*
COVID-19 / virology
COVID-19 Vaccines
Child
Child, Preschool
Communicable Disease Control
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections / transmission
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Schools*
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines