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(Bloomberg’s opinion) – Children in the UK and Europe have gone into hiding and are returning to school. For many, it has been long and necessary, however, it is understandable that many caregivers are concerned.
Evidence suggests that school reopening was the leading cause of relapses in local Covid-19 cases, however, the coming months will bring some challenges.
At first glance, Norway’s joy indicates that return to school is not necessarily accompanied by a significant build-up of infections. The youth returned to school in late April, with strict new hygiene standards and smaller classes, before separating for the summer. vacation two months later. The Nordic country was able to tame the pandemic in this era with travel restrictions, quarantine needs and stops for personal meetings.
More recently, at the beginning of the school year, Norway experienced an increase in Covid-19 infections, but an increase attributable to young adults. So this month, the maximum number of suspected cases of infection, according to Norwegian touch trackers, are homes, jobs, universities and personal occasions like weddings.
In this back-to-school season, there has been an increase in infections elsewhere, but, again, other points are blamed.
Let’s take Scotland. Some groups of viruses gave the impression in Glasgow after the mandate began in August. The government said this was due to the transmission of the network than the spread of the virus in schools. After a group involving academics from some of the best schools in North Glasgow and Lanarkshire, the country’s national clinical director told BBC Radio Scotland that space parties were a genuine fear and that more needed to be done to inspire other young people to stick to social estating measures. even in private.
In Germany, while some schools or categories closed when a case of Covid was reported, an accumulation of infections basically similar to the return of the holidays: it is reported that up to 40% of recent cases were transmitted abroad. attributed to the circle of family gatherings and personal events.
The way schools open up and other measures in society seem relevant. Virologist Christian Drosten believes that the lack of Covid clusters in schools in Germany is due more to the fact that there is little transmission of the virus in the country, thanks to the early and effective reaction If this is the case, keeping schools open is possibly more complicated in countries where the infection rate is increasing , such as Spain, Italy and France.
In May, Israel ignited its just and docile epidemic by rushing to open the study rooms before appropriate social estating measures were established and without a physically powerful tactile search system. every hour and a combination of online and on-site learning for overcrowding.
Of course, it is still early in the school year and the winter of Europe is approaching. Colder, wetter weather will force school windows to close and the countryside around social estating can be more complicated to maintain the more it takes.
Devi Sridhar, a professor at the University of Edinburgh, told Sky News that the Scottish check formula had “had to run to fulfill the call of all the young people who came home with coughs, colds and fever. “
Things will get even more complicated as the flu season approaches. Countries obviously have the challenge of maintaining a new face, but keeping schools open doesn’t have to rekindle the flames of a coronavirus outbreak.
This column necessarily reflects the perspectives of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Lara Williams manages Bloomberg Opinion’s social media channels.
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