Surge in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in School-aged Children and Household Contacts, England, August to October 2021

Overview

Journal Euro Surveill

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2021 Dec 3

PMID 34857070

Citations 11

Authors

Dimple Y Chudasama

Elise Tessier

Joe Flannagan

David Leeman

Harriet Webster

Alicia Demirjian

Catherine Falconer

Simon Thelwall

Meaghan Kall

Vanessa Saliba

Mary Ramsay

Gavin Dabrera

Theresa Lamagni

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Abstract

Easing of COVID-19 restrictions in England in the summer of 2021 was followed by a sharp rise in cases among school-aged children. Weekly rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in primary and secondary school children reached 733.3 and 1,664.7/100,000 population, respectively, by week 39 2021. A surge in household clusters with school-aged index cases was noted at the start of the school term, with secondary cases predominantly in children aged 5-15 years and adults aged 30-49 years.

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