Importance Crowded indoor environments, such as households, are high-risk settings for the
transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Objectives …

Aim Many countries have closed schools and kindergartens to minimise COVID‐19, but the
role that children play in disease transmission is unclear. Methods A systematic literature …

Background School closures have occurred globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, empiric data on transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

While successful containment measures of COVID-19 in China and many European
countries have led to flattened curves, case numbers are rising dramatically in other …

Methods From March 10 to April 10, 2020, all patients< 16 years old with SARS-CoV-2
infection were identified by means of the Geneva University Hospital's surveillance network …

Since the first reports of SARS-CoV-2 infections in China, doctors, parents and policy-
makers have been aware that COVID-19 is 'not just another respiratory virus' in children …

In response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, public health scientists have
produced a large and rapidly expanding body of literature that aims to answer critical …

METHODS: We enrolled individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 and their household
contacts, assessed daily symptoms prospectively for 14 days, and obtained specimens for …

As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolds across the globe, consistent themes are emerging
with regard to aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its associated disease entities in …

Importance The degree to which children and adolescents are infected by and transmit
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is unclear. The role of …