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November 5, 2020
Testing the waters: is it time to go back to school? Diagnostic screening as a COVID‐19 risk‐mitigation strategy for reopening schools in King County, WA
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Modeling of K-12 school reopening in King County, Washington found that if in-school countermeasures are observed, diagnostic screening either with PCR tests or rapid antigen tests may be of little benefit due to a higher rate of false positive tests in this low prevalence setting. Modeled in-school countermeasures included daily symptom screening,…
November 4, 2020
COVID-19 Active Surveillance Simulation Case Study – Health and Economic Impacts of Active Surveillance in a School Environment
A simulation study of a school environment concluded that daily testing can assist with maintenance of a low infection rate. The authors concluded that a reasonable daily test percentage (6%-10% with social distancing and mask wearing, or 8-10% without mitigation procedures) among the student population can achieve a low infection rate (≤10%). Saad et al….
November 2, 2020
Norwich COVID-19 Testing Initiative Pilot: Evaluating the Feasibility of Asymptomatic Testing on a University Campus
A cross-sectional study in a university setting in England indicated that universal, repeated self-testing for COVID-19 using PCR was both acceptable, and could be feasible. Staff and student participants (n = 1053) were given four PCR swabs to self-administer over 2 weeks. 76% participants provided at least one swab, among whom 86% provided all four….
October 29, 2020
COVID-19 Outbreak at an Overnight Summer School Retreat ― Wisconsin, July–August 2020
Investigation of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak associated with an overnight high-school retreat suggests a single introduction from a student subsequently infected 76% (116) of attendees. The suspected index case received a negative PCR result 1 week prior to the retreat but experienced symptoms shortly after arrival. The attack rate among susceptible attendees was 91% (116 of…
October 28, 2020
Reducing Covid-19 Risk in Schools a Qualitative Examination of Staff and Family Views and Concerns
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] Qualitative interviews following school re-opening in the UK demonstrated that both families and staff were generally supportive of COVID-19 mitigation efforts. A qualitative interview with 13 school staff, 20 parents and 17 young people revealed that participants saw the anticipated COVID-19 mitigation plans implemented prior to school re-opening as acceptable and…
October 27, 2020
COVID-19 Outbreak Among a University’s Men’s and Women’s Soccer Teams — Chicago, Illinois, July–August 2020
An outbreak investigation among members of a Chicago university’s men’s and women’s soccer team in August 2020 identified several social gatherings in which transmission could have occurred. The outbreak had a 38% attack proportion (17 out of 45) from the index patient in the men’s soccer team. 18 social gatherings with minimal mask use or…
October 20, 2020
Remote Learning During COVID-19: Examining School Practices, Service Continuation, and Difficulties for Adolescents With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Families with adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reported greater difficulties with remote learning practices, according to a recent survey. 31% of parents of adolescents with ADHD with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a 504 Plan report remote learning to be very challenging, compared to 18% of parents of adolescents with ADHD but…
October 19, 2020
COVID-19 Observations and Accompanying Dataset of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions across U.S. Universities, March 2020
Researchers compiled a database of COVID-19-related non-pharmaceutical intervention policy changes at US universities to be used for future research focusing on drivers and trends of COVID-19 interventions in the university setting. Data from university websites and official statements were combined for 575 universities from all 50 states during March. Preliminary analyses of the dataset indicate…
October 16, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Italian Schools Preliminary Findings after One Month of School Opening during the Second Wave of the Pandemic
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] Preliminary data from a study of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Italian schools showed that transmission appears to be low among younger students. As of October 5, a total of 1,350 SARS-CoV-2 infections had been registered in Italian territory schools in an online database of media news about infections in schools. Schools reported…
October 13, 2020
Using an Agent-Based Model to Assess K-12 School Reopenings Under Different COVID-19 Spread Scenarios – United States, School Year 2020/21
An agent-based model that simulated communities from K-12 schools across the US found that the percentage of individuals with symptomatic COVID-19 significantly decreased by as much as 75% in scenarios where students returned to school in non-overlapping split cohorts. Depending upon community factors like initial level of COVID-19 incidence and number of workplaces open for…
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