Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
September 30, 2020
The Potential Contribution of Face Coverings to the Control of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Schools and Broader Society in the UK a Modelling Study
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Modeling and Prediction
Keywords (Tags): candidate, modeling, report, summarize
- [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A modeling study shows that adoption of masks in secondary schools and community settings under current test-trace-isolate (TTI) levels could reduce the size of a second wave in the UK but not prevent it. Under current tracing levels, and at effective mask coverage of 30%, 46% of those with symptomatic infection would need to be tested to avoid a second wave.
Panovska-Griffiths et al. (Sept 29, 2020). The Potential Contribution of Face Coverings to the Control of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Schools and Broader Society in the UK a Modelling Study. Pre-print downloaded Sept 29 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.28.20202937