Chennai: At a time when schools are closed fearing the spread of Covid-19 among students, a study has said hildren infrequently transmit virus to each other or to adult.
The commentary published in the journal Pediatrics, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Paediatrics, says that schools can and should reopen in the autumn season, provided they follow appropriate social distancing guidelines and depending on the transmission rate in their community.
The authors, Benjamin Lee and William V Raszka J are both paediatric infectious disease specialists on the faculty of the University of Vermont & Larner College of Medicine. Dr Raszka is an associate editor of Pediatrics.
In the commentary, titled “Covid-19 Transmission and Children: The Child Is Not to Blame”, the authors base their conclusions on a new study published in the current issue of Pediatrics, āCovid-19 in Children and the Dynamics of Infection in Familiesā and four other recent studies that examine Covid-19 transmission by and among children.