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Journal article

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a primary school setting with and without public health measures using real-world contact data: a modelling study

Other authors
Stella Talic, Danijela Gasevic, Dragan Ilic, Joanne Deppeler, Deborah Corrigan, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado
The authors of this paper investigated the potential transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a primary school setting and found that, despite a lower frequency of close contacts, teacher-to-teacher close contacts demonstrated a higher risk of transmission per contact of SARS-CoV-2 compared to student-to-student close contacts.
Systematic review

Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

The aim of this paper is to review the evidence on the effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and COVID-19 mortality. Results 72 studies met the inclusion criteria, of which 35 evaluated individual public health measures and 37...