SARS-CoV-2 transmission in educational settings during an early summer epidemic wave in Luxembourg, 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following a first wave in spring and gradual easing of lockdown, Luxembourg experienced an early second epidemic wave of SARS-CoV-2 before the start of summer school holidays on 15th July. This provided the opportunity to investigate the role of school-age children and school settings for transmission.

Methods

We compared the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in school-age children, teachers and the general working population in Luxembourg during two epidemic waves: a spring wave from March-April 2020 corresponding to general lockdown with schools being closed and May-July 2020 corresponding to schools being open. We assessed the number of secondary transmissions occurring in schools between May and July 2020 using routine contact tracing data.

Results

During the fir

SUBMITTER: Mossong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8093902 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature