Reopening schools in September will lead to second coronavirus wave unless test and trace improves, study claims
SCHOOL children returning to class in September will trigger a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that could infect twice as many as before, a major study claims.
The authors found that “with increased levels of testing… and effective contact tracing and isolation, an epidemic rebound might be prevented”. One of the study authors, Chris Bonell, professor of public health sociology at LSHTM, said: "It looks from the ONS data like there are about 4,200 new infections per day.
Without drastic improvements in testing the authors say it will be "absolutely essential" to introduce other measures in September to mitigate the effects of schools opening. The study, published today in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, found "low levels of transmissions in schools and nurseries when control measures are in place".
"Therefore, we urge the government to ensure that test-trace-isolate capacity is scaled up to a sufficient level before schools reopen."
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