Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

High COVID-19 transmission potential associated with re-opening universities can be mitigated with layered interventions

  • Ellen Brooks-Pollock,
  • Hannah Christensen,
  • Adam Trickey,
  • Gibran Hemani,
  • Emily Nixon,
  • Amy C. Thomas,
  • Katy Turner,
  • Adam Finn,
  • Matt Hickman,
  • Caroline Relton,
  • Leon Danon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25169-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Reopening of universities to students following COVID-19 restrictions risks increased transmission due to high numbers of social contacts and the potential for asymptomatic transmission. Here, the authors use a mathematical model with social contact data to estimate the impacts of reopening a typical non-campus based university in the UK.