Keep schools open does not appear to increase COVID-19 incidence in children

Giordano Pérez Gaxiola^a, Victoria Martínez Rubio^b

^aHospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa. Culiacán. Sinaloa. México.
^bPediatra. CS Los Fresnos. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.

Correspondence: G Pérez. E-mail: giordano@pediatrica.org

Reference of this article: Pérez Gaxiola G, Martínez Rubio V. Keep schools open does not appear to increase COVID-19 incidence in children. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2021;23:207-9.

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Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: school closure did not have a measurable effect on the number of COVID-19 cases among children. Children were not a significant risk group for COVID-19 and they do not appear to play a very important role from the point of view of disease transmission.

Reviewers’ commentary: despite its limitations, the results are consistent with most studies that examine the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children, and among children and teachers, demonstrating that school closure has little impact on the number of cases in the pediatric population and mortality from COVID-19.

Keywords

● COVID-19 ● SARS-CoV-2 ● Schools

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