Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Implications of the school-household network structure on SARS-CoV-2 transmission under school reopening strategies in England

  • James D. Munday,
  • Katharine Sherratt,
  • Sophie Meakin,
  • Akira Endo,
  • Carl A. B. Pearson,
  • Joel Hellewell,
  • Sam Abbott,
  • Nikos I. Bosse,
  • CMMID COVID-19 Working Group,
  • Katherine E. Atkins,
  • Jacco Wallinga,
  • W. John Edmunds,
  • Albert Jan van Hoek,
  • Sebastian Funk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22213-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Many countries have closed schools as part of their COVID-19 response. Here, the authors model SARS-CoV-2 transmission on a network of schools and households in England, and find that risk of transmission between schools is lower if primary schools are open than if secondary schools are open.