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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Jul 25;29(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2909.221897. Online ahead of print.
Effects of School-Based Preventive Measures on COVID-19 Incidence, Hong Kong, 2022
Tim K Tsang, Xiaotong Huang, Min Whui Fong, Can Wang, Eric H Y Lau, Peng Wu, Benjamin J Cowling
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hong Kong; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; public health; respiratory infections; school closures; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2023 Jul 25;29(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2909.221897. Online ahead of print.
Effects of School-Based Preventive Measures on COVID-19 Incidence, Hong Kong, 2022
Tim K Tsang, Xiaotong Huang, Min Whui Fong, Can Wang, Eric H Y Lau, Peng Wu, Benjamin J Cowling
- PMID: 37490926
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2909.221897
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hong Kong; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; public health; respiratory infections; school closures; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.