A modeling study on SARS-CoV-2 transmissions in primary and middle schools in Illinois.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus led to a statewide lockdown in Illinois starting in March 2020. To ensure students' and employees' safety for school reopening, protective measures, such as a statewide mask mandate and weekly testing, were in place in Illinois from Spring 2021 to Spring 2022. The study objective is to 1) estimate the in-school and external transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in elementary and middle schools under mask mandate and weekly surveillance and 2) estimate the impacts of protective measures such as testing and mask proportion and testing frequency on SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

Methods

A stochastic compartmental model was built to simulate the SARS-CoV-2 transmission within and between the student and employee groups in primary and

SUBMITTER: Huang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572532 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature