Weekly SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance in Primary Schools, Kindergartens, and Nurseries, Germany, June-November 2020

Hoch, Martin; Vogel, Sebastian; Kolberg, Laura; Dick, Elisabeth; Fingerle, Volker; Eberle, Ute; Ackermann, Nikolaus; Sing, Andreas; Hübner, Johannes; Rack-Hoch, Anita; Schober, Tilmann and Both, Ulrich von (2021): Weekly SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance in Primary Schools, Kindergartens, and Nurseries, Germany, June-November 2020. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 27, No. 8: pp. 2192-2196

Abstract

We investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections in primary schools, kindergartens, and nurseries in Germany. Of 3,169 oropharyngeal swab specimens, only 2 were positive by real-time reverse transcription PCR. Asymptomatic children attending these institutions do not appear to be driving the pandemic when appropriate infection control measures are used.

• Item Type: Journal article
• ISSN: 1080-6040
• Language: English