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Schools are not the main places where the coronavirus spreads. The statement comes from the WHO, which notes mainly as i children have a big role in the spread of COVID-19, as has already been highlighted several times in recent months.
However, according to the WHO, this does not automatically convert schools into environments more dangerous on the contagion front.
Although therefore “A growing body of evidence suggests that children play a role in the spread of Covid-19”, the schools “They are not a major contributor to the pandemic.”
An observation that comes a few days later back to school after the summer holidays, with the authorities around the world to orchestrate a very complicated chain of systems and precautions to contain the infections.
WHO: Children play an important role in the spread of COVID-19
Many wonder if restarting schools could be worth it for students, teachers, and families. The main concerns, in addition to economic ones, are related to learning gaps that new blocking measures could be triggered.
But the dilemma has an easy solution according to the WHO: on Thursday, during a press conference, Hans kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said that school facilities have so far not provided “One of the main contributions” to the pandemic:
“There are more and more publications that find out how children play a crucial role in transmission, but so far it is more connected with social encounters than with the environments they frequent.”
That is why the school should be considered as a “Top priority for policy makers” according to the Organization.
To date, more than 24.2 million people have contracted the coronavirus around the world, with 826,368 deaths related, according to the most recent data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Kluge did not hide the fact that it is a “Very difficult moment”, considering the imminent transition from summer to fall and the inevitable most favorable scenario for the virus from the climatic and environmental point of view.
That’s why – he continued – “Vigilance really becomes the keyword”, in particular – in addition to schools – for items of great concern such as next flu season and the general increase in the death rate of the elderly during winter.
