Summary of Guidance for Public Health Strategies to Address High Levels of Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Related Deaths, December 2020

Honein, Margaret A.; Christie, Athalia; Rose, Dale A.; Brooks, John T.; Meaney‐Delman, Dana; Cohn, Amanda C.; Sauber-Schatz, Erin K.; Walker, Allison Taylor; McDonald, L. Clifford; Liburd, Leandris; Hall, Jeffrey E.; Fry, Alicia M.; Hall, Aron J.; Gupta, Neil; Kuhnert, Wendi L.; Yoon, Paula W.; Gundlapalli, Adi V.; Beach, Michael J.; Walke, Henry; Azziz‐Baumgartner, Eduardo; Bennett, Sarah; Braden, Chris; Buigut, Jennifer; Chiller, Tom; Friedman, Cindy R.; Greene, Carolyn M.; Henao, Olga; Kosmos, Christine; MacNeil, Adam; Marston, Barbara J.; Massetti, Greta M.; Montero, Jose; Perrine, Cria G.; Polen, Kara; Remley, Karen; Salerno, Reynolds M.; Shaw, Kelly A.; Williams, Ian T.

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“…Temporal trends in the United States also indicate that among school-aged children, schoolbased transmission might be no higher than transmission outside the school setting (3,4); the limited in-school transmission observed in Florida has also been observed in other states (5) and countries (6). Success in preventing the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 into schools depends upon controlling community transmission and adhering to mitigation measures in schools, particularly masking, physical distancing, testing, and increasing room air ventilation (2,4,7). Where feasible, supporting family choice for remote versus in-person learning likely reduces in-school crowding and facilitates better physical distancing in schools.…”

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COVID-19 in Primary and Secondary School Settings During the First Semester of School Reopening — Florida, August–December 2020

Doyle¹,

Kendrick²,

Troelstrup³

et al. 2021

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.

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On March 19, 2021, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). After detection of cases of COVID-19 in Florida in March 2020, the governor declared a state of emergency on March 9,* and all school districts in the state suspended in-person instruction by March 20. Most kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) public and private schools in Florida reopened for in-person learning during August 2020, with varying options for remote learning offered by school districts. During August 10-December 21, 2020, a total of 63,654 COVID-19 cases were reported in school-aged children; an estimated 60% of these cases were not school-related. Fewer than 1% of registered students were identified as having school-related COVID-19 and <11% of K-12 schools reported outbreaks. District incidences among students correlated with the background disease incidence in the county; resumption of in-person education was not associated with a proportionate increase in COVID-19 among school-aged children. Higher rates among students were observed in smaller districts, districts without mandatory maskuse policies, and districts with a lower proportion of students participating in remote learning. These findings highlight the importance of implementing both community-level and school-based strategies to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and suggest that school reopening can be achieved without resulting in widespread illness among students in K-12 school settings. Florida has one independent school district in each of its 67 counties. For the 2020-21 school year, 2,809,553 registered students were enrolled in approximately 6,800 public, charter, and private K-12 schools, ranging from 707 to 334,756 students per school district. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some school districts delayed the start of the 2020-21 academic year after suspension of in-person learning in March. Most schools resumed in-person instruction sometime during August 10-31, 2020, except those in the two largest school districts, Broward and Miami-Dade, which began remote learning in August but did not resume in-person instruction until October 9 and November 10, respectively. Statewide, as of September 24, 45% of registered students received full-time in-person instruction. To assess the occurrence of COVID-19 in Florida schools after resumption of in-person instruction, CDC and the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) reviewed school-related cases *

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COVID-19 in Primary and Secondary School Settings During the First Semester of School Reopening — Florida, August–December 2020

Doyle¹,

Kendrick²,

Troelstrup³

et al. 2021

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“…As the U.S. federal government scrambled to establish containment measures, states and local governments laid out vastly heterogeneous rules on how individuals would prevent close contact ( 10 , 11 ). In April of 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that use of masks in public areas could be useful in addition to other physical distancing measures ( 12 ).…”

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The role of mask mandates, stay at home orders and school closure in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic prior to vaccination

Krishnamachari

Morris

Zastrow³

et al. 2021

American Journal of Infection Control

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“…Universal masking is one of the prevention strategies recommended by CDC to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ( 1 ). As of February 1, 2021, 38 states and the District of Columbia had universal masking mandates.…”

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Maximizing Fit for Cloth and Medical Procedure Masks to Improve Performance and Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Exposure, 2021

Brooks¹,

Beezhold²,

Noti³

et al. 2021

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Summary of Guidance for Public Health Strategies to Address High Levels of Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Related Deaths, December 2020

Cited by 231 publications

References 25 publications

COVID-19 in Primary and Secondary School Settings During the First Semester of School Reopening — Florida, August–December 2020

COVID-19 in Primary and Secondary School Settings During the First Semester of School Reopening — Florida, August–December 2020

The role of mask mandates, stay at home orders and school closure in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic prior to vaccination

Maximizing Fit for Cloth and Medical Procedure Masks to Improve Performance and Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Exposure, 2021

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