February 9, 2021

Risk of Hospitalisation with COVID-19 among Teachers Compared to Healthcare Workers and Other Working-Age Adults

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

Keywords (Tags): schools

[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Teachers were at 1.4-times the risk for developing SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to the general population of working-age adults, according to a population-based case-control study including all cases of adult COVID-19 in Scotland (n=83,817) during March 2020 to January 2021 and a random sample of matched controls (n=841,708). However, teachers and their household members were not at increased risk of COVID-19-associated hospitalization and were at lower risk of severe COVID-19. Healthcare workers were at 2.4-times the risk of infection, 1.8-times the risk of hospitalization, and 1.8-times the risk of severe disease.

Fenton et al. (Feb 8, 2021). Risk of Hospitalisation with COVID-19 among Teachers Compared to Healthcare Workers and Other Working-Age Adults. A Nationwide Case-Control Study. Pre-print downloaded Feb 9 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.05.21251189