January 5, 2021

Data-Driven Reopening of Urban Public Education Through Chicago’s Tracking of COVID-19 School Transmission

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): schools

Data from COVID-19 contact tracing conducted in a large urban private school system in Chicago show that the attack rate for those participating in in-person learning was lower than working-age adults (0.2% for students and 0.5% for staff, compared to 0.7% for working age adults). Data were collected during August to October 2020, during a plateau in case incidence between Chicago’s first and second wave. 

Fricchione et al. (Dec 30, 2020). Data-Driven Reopening of Urban Public Education Through Chicago’s Tracking of COVID-19 School Transmission. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001334