Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes the cotton swab deep into her nasal cavity and then it’s all over. We received a bouquet of flowers, stickers for the children, and one afternoon, some cakes and a bottle of wine appeared on the doorstep with a scribbled note from ‘Piet’. My husband and I have another week’s isolation to do, but are granted the freedom to mask up and do the school run – a chore which now feels like a prison break.

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LAUSD COVID-19 cases: Tracking the spread and outbreaks
1 year, 10 months ago

LAUSD COVID-19 cases: Tracking the spread and outbreaks

LA Times  

With students back in the classroom, L.A. Unified officials are reporting coronavirus cases discovered in the nation’s second-largest school system. The trend As of February 6, there were 766 active cases detected by the district’s massive testing regimen. There are one schools currently reporting more than 10 active cases among staff and students. Track coronavirus vaccinations in California Explore the …

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections

LA Times  

Boxes of KN95 masks stand ready to be distributed to students in Camden, N.J. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that three out of every four U.S. children have had coronavirus infections. Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in …

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat
2 years, 8 months ago

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat

News 18  

Schooling has been a matter of enthusiastic, and often passionate, debate since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. The second cause of worry is the assumption that with schools being open, children would infect each other and spread it to their teachers or carry it home and infect the adults, especially the grandparents who we do know have a higher …

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home
2 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home

India Today  

Weeks after the Omicron cases subsided across India, coronavirus is once again on the rise. Parents and teachers can keep a few things in mind to keep children safe both at school and at home as new cases pop up. How to keep children safe from Covid-19 in schools, at home? Graphic: Pradeep Singh Saini Health experts have urged schools …

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections more than doubled in school-age children as one person in 50 tested positive for the virus in the last week, according to the latest weekly bulletin by the RIVM. The official figure of 361,120 – a 51% increase since last week – is incomplete because an estimated 60,000 tests are still waiting to be analysed, the public health …

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections more than doubled in school-age children as one person in 50 tested positive for the virus in the last week, according to the latest weekly bulletin by the RIVM. The official figure of 361,120 – a 51% increase since last week – is incomplete because an estimated 60,000 tests are still waiting to be analysed, the public health …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Two thirds of children have had coronavirus infection, scientists estimate
3 years ago

Two thirds of children have had coronavirus infection, scientists estimate

NL Times  

About two-thirds of kids in the Netherlands aged 12 and under have had the coronavirus in the past 20 months, researchers from UMC Utrecht estimate. They also concluded that children usually don't get more serious complaints from the coronavirus than from a random cold, NOS reports. A total of 1,209 people, including 582 children, kept diaries to record their symptoms …

Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids?
3 years, 3 months ago

Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids?

Associated Press  

Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids? Experts say there’s no strong evidence that it makes children and teens sicker than earlier versions of the virus, although delta has led to a surge in infections among kids because it’s more contagious. Delta’s ability to sp Weekly infection rates among U.S. children earlier this month topped 250,000, surpassing …

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection
3 years, 3 months ago

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection

NL Times  

If a child in primary education turns out to have the coronavirus, their whole class no longer has to go home from Monday. However the council, which represents primary schools in the Netherlands, emphasized that schools must receive proper guidance from the GGD in determining who should and should not go home after an infection in the classroom. Over the …

Can kids get ‘long COVID’ after coronavirus infections?
3 years, 4 months ago

Can kids get ‘long COVID’ after coronavirus infections?

LA Times  

A parent carries his daughter, wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, to school in Beijing. Can kids with coronavirus infections wind up with the perplexing condition known as “long COVID?” Yes, but studies indicate they’re less likely than adults to be affected by symptoms that persist, recur or begin a month or more after …

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break
3 years, 4 months ago

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break

NL Times  

Now that schools are open again throughout the country, they have immediately become an active place for the coronavirus to spread. One in eight coronavirus infections last week, 12.5 percent, was contracted at an education or childcare facility. In The Hague and the surrounding area, 34 primary school classes were sent home in that first week, the local branch of …

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say
3 years, 4 months ago

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say

Dutch News  

Government health advisors are recommending that primary schools do not send home entire classes if one pupil tests positive for coronavirus, Trouw reported on Monday. However, Trouw says, the Outbreak Management Team which advises the government on dealing with the pandemic, is recommending that only pupils who have ‘close contact’ with the affected child be sent home. The current rule …

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert
3 years, 4 months ago

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team advised the Ministry of Health to relax the coronavirus measures for primary education as of September 20. This new school year, the rule still applied that an entire classroom must stay home if one child tested positive for the coronavirus. The OMT stated that the Cabinet can responsibly announce around September 20 that from now on …

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows
3 years, 7 months ago

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows

LA Times  

Students wear masks and sit at socially distanced desks at a school in Ramona, Calif. Over the course of 2,000 runs of their model elementary school with a relaxed approach to masking, social distancing and isolation, a single infected child was likely to spread the coronavirus to an average of 1.7 other children over 30 days, researchers found. With students …

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'

Dutch News  

Hospital admissions for coronavirus declined by more than 40% in the last week in what the public health agency RIVM said was further proof that the vaccines were bringing down serious infections. The latest weekly bulletin shows 533 people were admitted to hospital in the last week of April, of whom 112 were taken into intensive care. The number of …

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'

Dutch News  

Hospital admissions for coronavirus declined by more than 40% in the last week in what the public health agency RIVM said was further proof that the vaccines were bringing down serious infections. The latest weekly bulletin shows 533 people were admitted to hospital in the last week of April, of whom 112 were taken into intensive care. The number of …

Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
3 years, 7 months ago

Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?

India TV News  

When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidelines about mask-wearing on May 13, 2021, plenty of Americans were left a little confused. Vaccines don’t always prevent infection Researchers had hoped to design safe COVID-19 vaccines that would prevent at least half of the people vaccinated from getting COVID-19 symptoms. Since that’s where SARS-CoV-2 makes its entry, …

Most kids with coronavirus infections lack typical symptoms of COVID-19, study says
3 years, 7 months ago

Most kids with coronavirus infections lack typical symptoms of COVID-19, study says

LA Times  

Kindergarteners get their temperatures checked as they return to school in Riverside. A new study questions the value of this type of screening, since most kids with coronavirus infections don’t develop a fever. What’s more, nearly three-quarters of these infected children never had “any of the typical COVID-19 symptoms” — a fever, cough or shortness of breath — researchers wrote …

Most kids with serious inflammatory illness had mild COVID
3 years, 9 months ago

Most kids with serious inflammatory illness had mild COVID

Associated Press  

Most children with a serious inflammatory illness linked to the coronavirus had initial COVID-19 infections with no symptoms or only mild ones, new U.S. research shows. The unusual post-infection condition tends to be milder in kids who were sicker with COVID-19, although more than half of affected youngsters received intensive hospital care, according to an analysis by the federal Centers …

Can I still spread the coronavirus after I’m vaccinated?
3 years, 9 months ago

Can I still spread the coronavirus after I’m vaccinated?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Can I still spread the coronavirus after I’m vaccinated? But even if vaccinated people don’t get sick, they might still get infected without showing any symptoms. “A vaccinated person controls the virus better, so the chances of transmitting will be greatly reduced,” said Dr. Robert Gallo a virus expert at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. …

"Fingers crossed" that schools can remain open, Minister says
3 years, 9 months ago

"Fingers crossed" that schools can remain open, Minister says

NL Times  

Departing Minister Arie Slob for Primary and Secondary Education has his "fingers crossed" that schools can remain open, he said on Tuesday. For now it is still possible to let kids go to school, but the number of coronavirus infections is also rising among children, ANP reports. According to Slob, the increase of infections among children up to 12 years …

Three elementary schools temporarily close after coronavirus outbreaks
3 years, 10 months ago

Three elementary schools temporarily close after coronavirus outbreaks

NL Times  

Three elementary schools, in Amsterdam, Beemster and Panningen, closed after multiple students and staff members were infected with the coronavirus, the AD reports. Later on, four staff members and one intern tested positive causing over thirty families to go into quarantine, largely because an adult contracted the virus. The elementary school De Riet in Panningen had to close its doors …

Younger adults are biggest spreaders of Covid-19, study suggests
3 years, 11 months ago

Younger adults are biggest spreaders of Covid-19, study suggests

CNN  

CNN — A new study suggests that the biggest spreaders of coronavirus in the US are adults aged 20 to 49, but that doesn’t mean they should be pushed to the head of the vaccine line, experts say. “Unlike pandemic flu, these adults accounted after school reopening in October, 2020 for an estimated 72.2% of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the US …

Are schools really responsible for driving the spread of coronavirus?
4 years ago

Are schools really responsible for driving the spread of coronavirus?

The Independent  

Ministers have bowed to pressure from scientists and teaching unions to delay the return to the classroom for secondary school children in England. The latest round of the monthly survey, published on 15 December, found that between 13 November and 3 December the national prevalence of the virus was around 0.94 per cent across the population. View more A modelling …

You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well
4 years ago

You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections are mainly taking place at home, with outside sources including visiting friends and relatives, work places, schools or childcare facilities. Of all the people who were tested positive this week, half did not know at all where they could have become infected while the other half had some idea, Nu.nl reports quoting figures from health institute RIVM. Ruling …

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes …

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach
4 years, 1 month ago

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach

Dutch News  

Schools are now the fourth-most often reported source of coronavirus infections and the number of pupils picking up the virus is increasing, broadcaster NOS said on Tuesday. For example, paediatrician and epidemiologist Patrica Bruijning has suggested introducing class by class testing and variable school hours as ways of reducing the risk of infection. And the secondary school association VO Raad …

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach
4 years, 1 month ago

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach

Dutch News  

Schools are now the fourth-most often reported source of coronavirus infections and the number of pupils picking up the virus is increasing, broadcaster NOS said on Tuesday. For example, paediatrician and epidemiologist Patrica Bruijning has suggested introducing class by class testing and variable school hours as ways of reducing the risk of infection. And the secondary school association VO Raad …

More Covid measures needed in schools, pediatrician says
4 years, 1 month ago

More Covid measures needed in schools, pediatrician says

NL Times  

To further reduce the number of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands, the government needs to take a different approach in schools, pediatrician epidemiologist Patricia Bruijning said to Nieuwsuur. If we want the numbers to go down, I think we should also look at the schools," Bruijning said. "We took measures in many places to lower the reproduction number, but did …

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?
4 years, 3 months ago

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?

Associated Press  

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children? It appears the virus can spread among children and teens, but how easily may vary by age. Some of the latest evidence comes from a recent report that showed infected children in Utah day care centers and day camps spread the virus to family members, including siblings. A large study from South Korea …

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?
4 years, 3 months ago

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?

India Today  

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children? It appears the virus can spread among children and teens, but how easily may vary by age. Some of the latest evidence comes from a recent report that showed infected children in Utah daycare centres and day camps spread the virus to family members, including siblings. A large study from South Korea suggested …

Confusion over rules as 30 pupils at one school test positive for coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Confusion over rules as 30 pupils at one school test positive for coronavirus

Dutch News  

Standing outside Spinoza Lyceum in the south of Amsterdam, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was 2019. ‘This applies to all pupils in secondary schools, regardless of their age.’ As pupils returned to school last month in full pre-coronavirus numbers, some found this lack of social distancing among themselves, the crowded hallways, no face masks and no kind of staggered …

Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home
4 years, 3 months ago

Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Children who caught the coronavirus at day cares and a day camp spread it to their relatives, according to a new report that underscores that kids can bring the germ home and infect others. The findings don’t mean that schools and child-care programs need to close, but it does confirm that the virus can spread within those …

Coronavirus: With textbooks and face masks, Europe's children return to school
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: With textbooks and face masks, Europe's children return to school

India Today  

Tens of millions of pupils returned to school in France, Poland and Russia on Tuesday, their rucksacks loaded with exercise books, geometry sets and, for many, face masks to protect them from a resurgent coronavirus pandemic. Hand cleansing stations, social distancing and staggered play time will become the new normal as countries across Europe seek ways to get children back …

Children Play Larger Role in Community Spread of Covid-19, Finds New Study
4 years, 4 months ago

Children Play Larger Role in Community Spread of Covid-19, Finds New Study

News 18  

New York: While most studies have stressed that children are not the harbingers of Covid-19, a comprehensive study now claims that children play a larger role in the community spread of the novel coronavirus than previously thought. In the Mass General Hospital for Children study, 51 per cent of children with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection came from low-income communities compared to …

With Schools Reopening in US, Children May be the Silent Spreaders of Coronavirus
4 years, 4 months ago

With Schools Reopening in US, Children May be the Silent Spreaders of Coronavirus

News 18  

Children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought, according to a study which found that the younger people may not be as likely to become seriously ill as adults, but they can spread infection and bring the virus into their homes. In the study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49 children tested positive for …

COVID-19 outbreaks in children complicate school reopening plans
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 outbreaks in children complicate school reopening plans

Al Jazeera  

Initial evidence suggested that children did not easily spread the virus, but new studies are challenging that view. “It was thought that kids would not be exposed or transmit the virus as efficiently as adults – which is true,” Nasseri told Al Jazeera, “but now it is understood that the viral load in the nose of children even those under …

Coronavirus: ‘Very low’ risks to children mean school reopenings are safe, expert says
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘Very low’ risks to children mean school reopenings are safe, expert says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prof Viner revealed the Public Health England study as Boris Johnson beefed up his pledge …

Is it safe for children to go back to schools in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic?
4 years, 5 months ago

Is it safe for children to go back to schools in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic?

Firstpost  

Evidence suggests younger children don’t spread the disease easily but kids aged 10 and up transmit as easily as adults. In areas where the virus appears to be under control, experts say schools still need to make adjustments to minimize risk when reopening. And even though children appear less likely to get infected than adults and less likely to become …

US coronavirus: Quit my job, or risk serious illness? Parents and teachers face grueling decisions as schools reopen
4 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus: Quit my job, or risk serious illness? Parents and teachers face grueling decisions as schools reopen

CNN  

CNN — First-grade teacher Amy Forehand was stunned to learn young students in her Georgia school district will return to classrooms by the end of this month. So we’re going to have to pivot.” School districts across the country are making last-minute pivots and decisions as several students have already tested positive during their first days back. “And I’m not …

High virus in kids with Covid-19, but are they contagious?
4 years, 5 months ago

High virus in kids with Covid-19, but are they contagious?

Hindustan Times  

Coronavirus disease rarely sickens children, and when it does, it usually causes mild disease. But a new study indicates that infected children with mild and moderate disease carry as much virus as adults, sparking debate on whether they can potentially spread infection as easily as adults. Infected children with mild and moderate disease carry as much virus as adults, a …

Children younger than 5 years carry coronavirus 100-fold greater than adults: Study
4 years, 5 months ago

Children younger than 5 years carry coronavirus 100-fold greater than adults: Study

India Today  

Children younger than five carried major amounts of coronavirus in their upper respiratory tract, a small study published on Thursday showed, raising new questions about whether kids can infect others. The study included 145 individuals aged between one month and 65 years with mild to moderate COVID-19 who were studied in three groups - children younger than five years, children …

Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — Children younger than 5 have between 10 and 100 times more genetic material from the novel coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and to adults, according to a small study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. “We had just noticed that some of the children that we were testing for SARS CoV-2 that were positive, …

July 22 coronavirus news
4 years, 5 months ago

July 22 coronavirus news

CNN  

President Trump said Wednesday that he would be comfortable with his son and grandchildren physically returning to school in the fall, asserting that children do not catch or spread coronavirus easily. Asked during a White House news conference whether he’d be comfortable with his family members returning to school, Trump responded, “Yeah, well I am comfortable with that.” Trump was …

Kids Get Coronavirus, But Do They Spread It? We'll Find Out When Schools Reopen
4 years, 5 months ago

Kids Get Coronavirus, But Do They Spread It? We'll Find Out When Schools Reopen

NPR  

Kids Get Coronavirus, But Do They Spread It? We'll Find Out When Schools Reopen Enlarge this image toggle caption Dan Kenyon/Getty Images Dan Kenyon/Getty Images As scientists study the burden of COVID-19 around the globe, it's pretty clear that despite some cases of serious illness, kids tend to get infected with the coronavirus less often and have milder symptoms compared …

Will children spread COVID-19 if they go back to school?
4 years, 5 months ago

Will children spread COVID-19 if they go back to school?

LA Times  

Is it safe for children to return to school while the coronavirus is on the loose? Nine students had confirmed coronavirus infections during that time, and they may have spread it to a grand total of two fellow students out of 735 who were considered “close contacts.” Nine adults in those schools caught the coronavirus as well, but they did …

Fact check: What role do kids play in spreading the coronavirus?
4 years, 6 months ago

Fact check: What role do kids play in spreading the coronavirus?

CNN  

Washington CNN — In the debate over whether schools across the US should open in the fall, questions continue to be raised about how the coronavirus affects children. Proponents of reopening schools have argued that children have largely been spared the worst effects of the virus and have pointed to guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in late …

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