Guidance

SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in educational settings

A study that shows the level of coronavirus outbreaks and infections in schools.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 23 August 2020

Documents

SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in educational settings: cross-sectional analysis of clusters and outbreaks in England

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30882-3/fulltext

Details

The authors detected just 67 individual cases and 30 outbreaks among students and staff after schools reopened in June 2020 until they closed for the summer holidays in mid-July. They reviewed COVID-19 cases, clusters and outbreaks reported daily across all educational settings in England until the end of July 2020.

Published 23 August 2020