94% of the world’s student population, were affected by the closure of educational institutions at the peak of the crisis, a figure that stands at 1 billion today. As many as 100 countries have yet to announce a date for schools to...
Deepti Gurdasani and colleagues argue UK covid policy did not give children sufficient priority and question the evidence behind government decisions ### Key messages Children in the United Kingdom have been severely affected by the covid-19 pandemic. The closure of schools deprived them of ...
Policies must come into effect by Sept. 7 and allow for staff and volunteers to choose one of three options: provide proof of having received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, provide proof of medical exemption, or complete a vaccination “education session.” But the requirement for a policy ...
The COVID-19 vaccine is now available for children six months and older. Booster shots are also available for children five years and older. Washington mask mandate to lift on March 21 Seattle Public Schools said, however, that it will continue to follow its mask policy "until further notice...
This Policy Brief calls for action in four key areas:本政策简报呼吁在四个关键领域采取行动：First, reopening schools.第一，重新开学。Once local transmission of COVID-19 is under control, getting students back into schools and learning institutions as safely as possible must be a top priority.2019...
COVID-19: No cohorts as B.C. schools expected to return to ‘near normal’ this fall FILE – Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry listens as B.C. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside describes new mask wearing policy for public schools, Feb. 4, 2021. (B.C. gover...
COVID-19 pandemicSCHOOL rules & regulationsCOVID-19HEALTH policyDEATH rateADULTSObjective: Children represent a small fraction of confirmed COVID-19 cases, with a low case fatality rate (CFR). In this paper, we lay out an evidence-based policy for reopening schools. Methods: We gathered age-...
(1) establish the community’s values, goals, and priorities for reopening schools, (2) review mitigation strategies and policy options for schools, and (3) establish protocols for collecting and monitoring data related to the COVID-19 context in the community such that necessary decisions can ...
19 in schools or outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools, despite increasing levels of COVID-19 in the community.” [14, 15] The basis for these assertions is not undisputed: routine COVID-19 testing is absent in most schools; children are frequently asymptomatic and thus never tested; and ...
Closure of primary and secondary schools. 关闭中小学。 Main Outcomes and Measures COVID-19 daily incidence and mortality per 100 000 residents. COVID-19日发病率和每100 000居民死亡率。 Results COVID-19 cumulative incidence in ...