SARS-CoV-2 incidence among teaching staff in primary and secondary schools-Wales, 2020-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face delivery of education in schools across Wales was disrupted with repeated school closures to limit risk of infection. Evidence describing the incidence of infection amongst school staff during times when schools were open is limited. A previous research study found infection rates were higher in English primary school settings when compared with secondary. An Italian study suggested teachers weren't at greater risk of infection in comparison to the general population. The aim of this study was to identify whether educational staff had higher incidence rates than their counterparts in the general population in Wales, and secondly whether incidence rates amongst staff differed between primary and secondary school settings and by t

SUBMITTER: Thomas F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10197026 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature