Researchers see little evidence in-person school drives COVID-19 cases - Daily Mail

Studies in the United States and abroad found little evidence schools were spreading COVID-19 infections, showing a 'path forward' to in-person classes, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday.

Studies in the United States and abroad found little evidence schools were spreading COVID-19 infections, showing a 'path forward' to in-person classes, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday.

'As many schools have reopened for in-person instruction in some parts of the US as well as internationally, school-related cases of COVID-19 have been reported, but there has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission,' the CDC said.

COVID-19 incidence in the 17 elementary through high schools was 37 per cent lower than in the wider community, with no infections acquired at school among staff members.

COVID-19 incidence in the 17 elementary through high schools was 37% lower than in the wider community, with no infections acquired at school among staff members

No systematic COVID-19 screening was conducted in the schools or the community, though, and student mask wearing was charted by only some teachers, according to the Wisconsin study, published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report