School closures little impact on Covid-19 control


A view of an empty classroom after the government issued an order to close all schools in the country as its first coronavirus case was confirmed, in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 13, 2020. - Reuters

LONDON: School closures do not tend to help contain the spread of infections during outbreaks of disease such as COVID-19, but will have a big impact on how societies restart after lockdown, scientists said on Monday.

Data on the effects of school closures on COVID-19 are limited as the pandemic is still under way, but researchers at University College London said evidence from flu epidemics and outbreaks caused by other coronaviruses suggests their impact on the spread of the disease will be small.

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