Effects of School-Based Preventive Measures on COVID-19 Incidence, Hong Kong, 2022

We show that school closures reduced COVID-19 incidence rates in children by 31%–46% in Hong Kong in 2022. After school reopening accompanied by mask mandates, daily rapid testing, and vaccination requirements, school-reported cases correlated with community incidence rates. Safe school reopening is...

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Autores principales: Tsang, Tim K., Huang, Xiaotong, Fong, Min Whui, Wang, Can, Lau, Eric H.Y., Wu, Peng, Cowling, Benjamin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37490926
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.221897
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author Tsang, Tim K.
Huang, Xiaotong
Fong, Min Whui
Wang, Can
Lau, Eric H.Y.
Wu, Peng
Cowling, Benjamin J.
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description We show that school closures reduced COVID-19 incidence rates in children by 31%–46% in Hong Kong in 2022. After school reopening accompanied by mask mandates, daily rapid testing, and vaccination requirements, school-reported cases correlated with community incidence rates. Safe school reopening is possible when appropriate preventive measures are used.
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spelling pubmed-104616702023-09-01 Effects of School-Based Preventive Measures on COVID-19 Incidence, Hong Kong, 2022 Tsang, Tim K. Huang, Xiaotong Fong, Min Whui Wang, Can Lau, Eric H.Y. Wu, Peng Cowling, Benjamin J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We show that school closures reduced COVID-19 incidence rates in children by 31%–46% in Hong Kong in 2022. After school reopening accompanied by mask mandates, daily rapid testing, and vaccination requirements, school-reported cases correlated with community incidence rates. Safe school reopening is possible when appropriate preventive measures are used. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10461670/ /pubmed/37490926 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.221897 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Tsang, Tim K.
Huang, Xiaotong
Fong, Min Whui
Wang, Can
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Effects of School-Based Preventive Measures on COVID-19 Incidence, Hong Kong, 2022
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title_short Effects of School-Based Preventive Measures on COVID-19 Incidence, Hong Kong, 2022
title_sort effects of school-based preventive measures on covid-19 incidence, hong kong, 2022
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461670/
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