Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cluster Originating in a Primary School Teachers' Room in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

School closures are a subject of debate during the present coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Because children are not the main driver of COVID-19 transmission in the community, school education must be prioritized in conjunction with appropriate infection prevention and control measures, as determined by local COVID-19 incidence.

Methods

We investigated the causes and transmission routes of a primary school cluster of COVID-19 that occurred during November and December 2020 in Niigata, Japan.

Results

In the cluster, the virus spread among teachers, then from teachers to students, and then to their family members. This primary school cluster comprised 26 infected patients and included teachers (13/33, 39%), students (9/211, 4%), and family member

SUBMITTER: Aizawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8505149 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature