@article{Munday_J-2021_45556,
title = {Implications of the school-household network structure on SARS-CoV-2 transmission under school reopening strategies in England},
author = {Munday, J. and Sherratt, K. and Meakin, S. and Endo, A. and Pearson, C. and Hellewell, J. and Abbott, S. and Bosse, N. and CMMID COVID-19 Working Group and Atkins, K. and Wallinga, J. and Edmunds, W. and van Hoek, A. and Funk, S.},
month = {mar},
year = {2021},
abstract = {In early 2020 many countries closed schools to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Since then, governments have sought to relax the closures, engendering a need to understand associated risks. Using address records, we construct a network of schools in England connected through pupils who share households. We evaluate the risk of transmission between schools under different reopening scenarios. We show that whilst reopening select year-groups causes low risk of large-scale transmission, reopening secondary schools could result in outbreaks affecting up to 2.5 million households if unmitigated, highlighting the importance of careful monitoring and within-school infection control to avoid further school closures or other restrictions.},
volume = {12},
journal = {Nature Communications},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22213-0},
}
