@article{Munday_J-2021_93106,
title = {Estimating the impact of reopening schools on the reproduction number of SARS-CoV-2 in England, using weekly contact survey data},
author = {Munday, J. and Jarvis, C. and Gimma, A. and Wong, K. and van Zandvoort, K. and CMMID COVID-19 Working Group and Funk, S. and Edmunds, W.},
month = {sep},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Background: Schools were closed in England on 4 January 2021 as part of increased national restrictions to curb transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The UK government reopened schools on 8 March. Although there was evidence of lower individual-level transmission risk amongst children compared to adults, the combined effects of this with increased contact rates in school settings and the resulting impact on the overall transmission rate in the population were not clear.},
volume = {19},
issue = {1},
journal = {BMC Medicine},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02107-0},
}
