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Working Group: Children and Schools

Back to school – Protecting children from COVID-19 and making schools and childcare safer

Back to school – Protecting children from COVID-19 and making schools and childcare safer Children should be at school as much as possible.  For that to happen with minimal disruption, we need a focus on what a ‘safer school’ would look like, and OzSAGE provides a plan for schools and childcare.  All children in Australia […]
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Protecting children from COVID-19 and making schools and childcare safer

Protecting children from COVID-19 and making schools and childcare safer During this pandemic, nearly all unvaccinated individuals will eventually be infected. Most children in Australia are currently unvaccinated, and only children 12 and over are eligible for vaccination presently. If they are not protected, 1-3% of unvaccinated Australian children may become hospitalised with COVID-19, and more may suffer from ongoing symptoms lasting […]
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OzSAGE comment on the NCIRS report “COVID-19 Delta variant in schools and early childhood education and care services in NSW, Australia: 16 June to 31 July 2021”.

OzSAGE welcomes the collection of detailed data on transmission in schools, presented in the NCIRS report “COVID-19 Delta variant in schools and early childhood education and care services in NSW, Australia: 16 June to 31 July 2021”. The report shows that transmission risk is five times higher for Delta than previous variants of SARS-COV-2, and […]
Working Group: Children and Schools
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