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Scientific advice on reopening schools published by DfE
The Department for Education has published an overview of the scientific advice it has received about the safe re-opening of schools, after several calls from unions and school leaders.
The advice is from the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and its Children’s Task and Finish Working Group.
The document states that the "exact rates of infectivity and transmission of children is not fully known yet; this is a novel virus and the scientific understanding is developing all the time. However, the current understanding is that there is a high degree of confidence1 that the severity of disease in children is lower than in adults."
It says there is a "moderate to high degree of confidence" that the susceptibility to clinical disease of younger children (up to age 11 to 13) is lower than for adults. For older children there is not enough evidence yet to determine whether susceptibility to disease is different to adults.
The susceptibility to infection of younger children (up to age 11 to 13) might be lower than for adults, but the degree of confidence in this is low. For older children there is not enough evidence yet to determine whether susceptibility to infection is different to adults.
The document also says there is no evidence to suggest that children transmit the virus any more than adults. It says: "some studies suggest younger children may transmit less, but this evidence is mixed and provides a low degree of confidence at best."
Social distancing has not been factored into the models considered by SAGE, the document says.
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