School in Italy: a safe place for children and adolescents

Autor:	Massimiliano Raponi, Alberto Villani, Carlo Federico Perno, Giulia Linardos, Teresa Mazzone, Fabrizio Pontarelli, Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco, Rossella Sonnino, Stefano Chiavelli, Carlo Concato, Paola Maria Murru, Livia Piccioni, Giovanni Corsello, Stefania Ranno, Luana Coltella
Přispěvatelé:	Alberto Villani, Luana Coltella, Stefania Ranno, Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco, Paola Maria Murru, Rossella Sonnino, Teresa Mazzone, Livia Piccioni, Giulia Linardos, Stefano Chiavelli, Fabrizio Pontarelli, Giovanni Corsello, Massimiliano Raponi, Carlo Federico Perno, Carlo Concato
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Male School Prevention measures medicine.medical_specialty 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Adolescent Prevention measure Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral education Sample (statistics) 030226 pharmacology & pharmacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine COVID-19 Testing Pandemic Disease Transmission Infectious Medicine Humans Oral secretions 030212 general & internal medicine Child Pandemics School Health Services COVID Infection Control business.industry Maternal and child health SARS-CoV-2 Research lcsh:RJ1-570 COVID-19 lcsh:Pediatrics General Medicine Settore MED/38 Italy Family medicine Female Prevention control business
Zdroj:	Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2021) Italian Journal of Pediatrics
ISSN:	1824-7288
Popis:	BackgroundDuring the first SARS-CoV-2 pandemic phase, the sudden closure of schools was one of the main measures to minimize the spread of the virus. In the second phase, several safety procedures were implemented to avoid school closure.To evaluate if the school is a safe place, students and staff of two school complexes of Rome were monitored to evaluate the efficacy of prevention measures inside the school buildings.MethodsOral secretions specimens were collected from 1262 subjects for a total of 3431 samples, collected over a 3 months period.Detection of Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was performed by real-time PCR. Target genes were represented by E gene, RdRP/S gene and N gene.ResultsAmong the 3431 samples analyzed, just 16 sample resulted as positive or low positive: 1 sample in the first month, 12 samples in the second month and 3 in the third month.In each period of evaluation, all positive children attended different classes.ConclusionsEven if the school has the potential for spreading viruses, our preliminary results show the efficacy of the implementations undertaken in this setting to minimize virus diffusion.Our evidence suggests that school does not act as an amplifier for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and can be really considered a safe place for students.
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