The impact of school closure intervention during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: Evidence from the Milan area.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In February 2021, the spread of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the Lombardy Region, Italy caused concerns about school-aged children as a source of contagion, leading local authorities to adopt an extraordinary school closure measure. This generated a debate about the usefulness of such an intervention in light of the trade-off between its related benefits and costs (e.g. delays in educational attainment, impact on children and families' psycho-physical well-being). This article analyses the epidemiological impact of the school closure intervention in the Milan metropolitan area.

Methods

Data from the Agency for Health Protection of the Metropolitan City of Milan allowed analysing the trend of contagion in different age classes before and after the intervention, a

SUBMITTER: Consolazio D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9275695 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature