March 2021. Volume 17. Number 1

Keep schools open does not appear to increase COVID-19 incidence in children

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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COVID-19 in schoolchildren: a comparison between Finland and Sweden. En: Public Health Agency of Sweden [en línea]. Disponible en: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/c1b78bffbfde4a7899eb0d8ffdb57b09/covid-19-school-aged-children.pdf

Reviewers: Pérez Gaxiola G1, Martínez Rubio M.V2.
1Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa. Culiacán. Sinaloa. México.
2Pediatra. CS Los Fresnos. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Giordano Pérez Gaxiola. Email: giordanopg@gmail.com
Reception date: 08/03/2021
Acceptance date: 17/03/2021
Publication date: 31/03/2021

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: school closure did not have a measurable effect on the number of COVID-19 cases among children. Children were not a significant risk group for COVID-19 and they do not appear to play a very important role from the point of view of disease transmission.

Reviewers’ commentary: Despite its limitations, the results are consistent with most studies that examine the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children, and among children and teachers, demonstrating that school closure has little impact on the number of cases in the pediatric population and mortality from COVID-19.

Key words: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; schools

How to cite this article

Pérez Gaxiola G, Martínez Rubio V. Mantener abiertos los colegios no parece aumentar la incidencia de COVID-19 en niños. Evid Pediatr. 2021;17:8.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

COVID-19 in schoolchildren: a comparison between Finland and Sweden. En: Public Health Agency of Sweden [en línea]. Disponible en: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/c1b78bffbfde4a7899eb0d8ffdb57b09/covid-19-school-aged-children.pdf

Reviewers: Pérez Gaxiola G1, Martínez Rubio M.V2.
1Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa. Culiacán. Sinaloa. México.
2Pediatra. CS Los Fresnos. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Giordano Pérez Gaxiola. Email: giordanopg@gmail.com
Key words: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; schools
Reception date: 08/03/2021
Acceptance date: 17/03/2021
Publication date: 31/03/2021

How to cite this article

Pérez Gaxiola G, Martínez Rubio V. Mantener abiertos los colegios no parece aumentar la incidencia de COVID-19 en niños. Evid Pediatr. 2021;17:8.

31/03/2021

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