Simulation-Based Estimation of SARS-CoV-2 Infections Associated With School Closures and Community-Based Nonpharmaceutical Interventions in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Resurgent COVID-19 cases have resulted in the reinstitution of nonpharmaceutical interventions, including school closures, which can have adverse effects on families. Understanding the associations of school closures with the number of incident and cumulative COVID-19 cases is critical for decision-making.

Objective

To estimate the association of schools being open or closed with the number of COVID-19 cases compared with community-based nonpharmaceutical interventions.

Design, setting, and participants

This decision analytical modelling study developed an agent-based transmission model using a synthetic population of 1 000 000 individuals based on the characteristics of the population of Ontario, Canada. Members of the synthetic population were clustered i

SUBMITTER: Naimark D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013816 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature