SPI-B and DfE: COVID-19: Benefits of remaining in education - evidence and considerations, 4 November 2020
Paper prepared by the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) and the Department for Education (DfE).
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Paper by SPI-B and DfE on the evidence and considerations associated with the closure of schools. It was considered at SAGE 65 on 4 November 2020.
The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.
These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.