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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb 17;27(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.210277. Online ahead of print.
Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong
Min Whui Fong, Nancy H L Leung, Benjamin J Cowling, Peng Wu
Abstract
A large number of common cold outbreaks in Hong Kong schools and childcare centers during October-November 2020 led to territorywide school dismissals. Increased susceptibility to rhinoviruses during prolonged school closures and dismissals for coronavirus disease and varying effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical interventions may have heightened transmission of cold-causing viruses after school attendance resumed.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; URTI; acute respiratory illness; coronavirus disease; outbreaks; respiratory infections; rhinovirus; school health; schools; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; upper respiratory tract infection; viruses.
. 2021 Feb 17;27(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.210277. Online ahead of print.
Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong
Min Whui Fong, Nancy H L Leung, Benjamin J Cowling, Peng Wu
- PMID: 33596168
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.210277
Abstract
A large number of common cold outbreaks in Hong Kong schools and childcare centers during October-November 2020 led to territorywide school dismissals. Increased susceptibility to rhinoviruses during prolonged school closures and dismissals for coronavirus disease and varying effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical interventions may have heightened transmission of cold-causing viruses after school attendance resumed.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; URTI; acute respiratory illness; coronavirus disease; outbreaks; respiratory infections; rhinovirus; school health; schools; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; upper respiratory tract infection; viruses.