The research could help inform the next moves of governments under pressure to reopen schools and varsities shuttered since the start of the pandemic.
The research could help inform the next moves of governments under pressure to reopen schools and varsities shuttered since the start of the pandemicPeople under the age of 20 are half as likely to contract Covid-19 than the rest of the population, according to new modelling released on Tuesday.
Experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine developed age-based Covid-19 transmission models based on data from six countries — China, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Canada and South Korea. The team estimated that under-20s are at half the risk of Covid-19 infection than over-20s. The researchers then simulated Covid-19 outbreaks in 146 capital cities around the world to see what effect school closures had on the spread of the disease.
Numerous studies have shown that Covid-19 symptoms are likely to be more severe the older the patient is.
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