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Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19 – The Conversation AU

The risk associated with schools is tied to the level of community transmission. The more community transmission there is, the more transmission there will be in…

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The role children, and consequently schools, play in the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard to work out, but that puzzle is now finally starting to be solved.
The latest research shows infections in children frequently go undetected, and that children are just as susceptible as adults to infection. Children likely transmit the virus at a similar rate to adults as well.
While children are thankfully much less likely than adults to get seriously ill, the same isnt true for the adults that care for them….

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