Considerations for the safe operation of schools during the coronavirus pandemic

R Lordan, S Prior, E Hennessy, A Naik… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
During the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic,
providing safe in-person schooling has been a dynamic process balancing evolving …

Assessing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 prevention measures in Austrian schools using agent-based simulations and cluster tracing data

J Lasser, J Sorger, L Richter, S Thurner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We aim to identify those measures that effectively control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in
Austrian schools. Using cluster tracing data we calibrate an agent-based epidemiological …

Passing the test: a model-based analysis of safe school-reopening strategies

A Bilinski, JA Salomon, J Giardina… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has induced historic educational disruptions. In April
2021, about 40% of US public school students were not offered full-time in-person …

Effectiveness of social distancing measures and lockdowns for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare, community-based settings

C Murphy, WW Lim, C Mills… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Social distancing measures (SDMs) are community-level interventions that aim to reduce
person-to-person contacts in the community. SDMs were a major part of the responses first …

Model-based assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant transmission dynamics within partially vaccinated K-12 school populations

JR Head, KL Andrejko, JV Remais - The Lancet Regional Health …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background We examined school reopening policies amidst ongoing transmission of the
highly transmissible Delta variant, accounting for vaccination among individuals≥ 12 years …

COVID-19 testing in schools: perspectives of school administrators, teachers, parents, and students in Southern California

JB Unger, D Soto, R Lee, S Deva… - Health promotion …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background School-based COVID-19 testing is a potential strategy to facilitate the safe
reopening of schools that have been closed due to the pandemic. This qualitative study …

Mitigating COVID-19 outbreaks in workplaces and schools by hybrid telecommuting

S Mauras, V Cohen-Addad, G Duboc… - PLoS computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 epidemic has forced most countries to impose contact-limiting restrictions at
workplaces, universities, schools, and more broadly in our societies. Yet, the effectiveness of …

Temporal clustering of social interactions trades-off disease spreading and knowledge diffusion

G Cencetti, L Lucchini, G Santin… - Journal of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Non-pharmaceutical measures such as preventive quarantines, remote working, school and
workplace closures, lockdowns, etc. have shown effectiveness from an epidemic control …

Simulating respiratory disease transmission within and between classrooms to assess pandemic management strategies at schools

A Endo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The global spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emphasized the need for
evidence-based strategies for the safe operation of schools during pandemics that balance …

Optimizing campus-wide COVID-19 test notifications with interpretable wastewater time-series features using machine learning models

T Lin, S Karthikeyan, A Satterlund, R Schooley… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance of the SARS CoV-2 virus has been
demonstrated to be effective for population surveillance at the county level down to the …