Health
Hundreds exposed, but NSW schools have ‘extremely low’ COVID-19 infections – Sydney Morning Herald
The world-first investigation of COVID-19 transmission rates challenges recent US research that suggested infected young children carried ten to 100-fold greater amounts of the virus.
“The transmission rates have been extremely low,” said lead investigator Professor Kristine Macartney.
Importantly, following on from them, there wasnt any spread in any of the schools,” she said.
In term one, there were 27 COVID-19 cases (12 students and 15 staff) from 15 schools and 10 childcare centres.
These cases had the opportunity to transmit the virus to 1448 close contacts in their classrooms and playgrounds, yet there were just five secondary transmissions in schools (one primary st…
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