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An intense debate on school closures to control the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing in Europe. We prospectively examined transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from confirmed paediatric cases in Norwegian primary schools between August and November 2020. All in-school contacts were systematically tested twice during their quarantine period. With preventive measures implemented in schools, we found minimal child-to-child (0.9%, 2/234) and child-to-adult (1.7%, 1/58) transmission, supporting that under 14 year olds are not the drivers of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

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Minimal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from paediatric COVID-19 cases in primary schools, Norway, August to November 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Lin+T+Brandal&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Brandal Lin T</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Trine+S+Ofitserova&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ofitserova Trine S</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hinta+Meijerink&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Meijerink Hinta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Rikard+Rykkvin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rykkvin Rikard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hilde+M+Lund&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lund Hilde M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Olav+Hungnes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hungnes Olav</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Margrethe+Greve-Isdahl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Greve-Isdahl Margrethe</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karoline+Bragstad&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bragstad Karoline</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karin+Nyg%C3%A5rd&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nygård Karin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Brita+A+Winje&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Winje Brita A</a></span>. Minimal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from paediatric COVID-19 cases in primary schools, Norway, August to November 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(1):pii=2002011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.26.1.2002011" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.26.1.2002011</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 27 Nov 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Dec 2020 </span> </p>
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