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Minimizing school disruption under high incidence conditions due to the Omicron variant in early 2022
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in En
| PREPRINT-MEDRXIV
| ID: ppmedrxiv-22270473
ABSTRACT
As record cases due to the Omicron variant are currently registered in Europe, schools remain a vulnerable setting suffering large disruption. Extending previous modeling of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools in France, we estimate that at high incidence rates reactive screening protocols (as currently applied in France) require comparable test resources as weekly screening (as currently applied in some Swiss cantons), for considerably lower control. Our findings can be used to define incidence levels triggering school protocols and optimizing their cost-effectiveness.
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09-preprints
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PREPRINT-MEDRXIV
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Language:
En
Year:
2022
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Preprint