Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries adopted various non-pharmacological interventions to contain the number of infections. The most often used policy was school closures. We describe the strategy adopted by the Veneto Regional Authority to contain transmission in school settings. This inclu...

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Autores principales:	Michele Tonon, Filippo Da Re, Chiara Zampieri, Michele Nicoletti, Riccardo Caberlotto, Francesco Paolo De Siena, Gaia Lattavo, Anil Minnicelli, Alberto Zardetto, Benedetta Sforzi, Elisa Ros, Michele Mongillo, Alessandro Scatto, Elena Vecchiato, Vincenzo Baldo, Silvia Cocchio, Francesca Russo
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 school Italy surveillance public health epidemiology Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:59fc92d853ca4349be276d86ca5c42342021-11-25T17:51:40ZSurveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 202110.3390/ijerph1822121651660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/59fc92d853ca4349be276d86ca5c42342021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12165https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries adopted various non-pharmacological interventions to contain the number of infections. The most often used policy was school closures. We describe the strategy adopted by the Veneto Regional Authority to contain transmission in school settings. This included a detailed school surveillance system, strict contact tracing, and maintaining school attendance with self-monitoring for symptoms whenever possible. All analyzed COVID-19 cases among children, adolescents (0–19 years old), and school staff were registered using a web-based application between 4 January 2021 and 13 June 2021. During the study period, 6272 episodes of infection in schools were identified; 87% were linked to a student index case and 13% to school staff; 69% generated no secondary cases; 24% generated one or two; and only 7% caused more than two. Our data may help to clarify the role of school closures, providing useful input for decisions in the months to come. Good practice in public health management needs tools that provide a real-time interpretation of phenomena like COVID-19 outbreaks. The proposed measures should be easy to adopt and accessible to policymakers.Michele TononFilippo Da ReChiara ZampieriMichele NicolettiRiccardo CaberlottoFrancesco Paolo De SienaGaia LattavoAnil MinnicelliAlberto ZardettoBenedetta SforziElisa RosMichele MongilloAlessandro ScattoElena VecchiatoVincenzo BaldoSilvia CocchioFrancesca RussoMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19schoolItalysurveillancepublic healthepidemiologyMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12165, p 12165 (2021)
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spellingShingle	COVID-19 school Italy surveillance public health epidemiology Medicine R Michele Tonon Filippo Da Re Chiara Zampieri Michele Nicoletti Riccardo Caberlotto Francesco Paolo De Siena Gaia Lattavo Anil Minnicelli Alberto Zardetto Benedetta Sforzi Elisa Ros Michele Mongillo Alessandro Scatto Elena Vecchiato Vincenzo Baldo Silvia Cocchio Francesca Russo Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021
description	During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries adopted various non-pharmacological interventions to contain the number of infections. The most often used policy was school closures. We describe the strategy adopted by the Veneto Regional Authority to contain transmission in school settings. This included a detailed school surveillance system, strict contact tracing, and maintaining school attendance with self-monitoring for symptoms whenever possible. All analyzed COVID-19 cases among children, adolescents (0–19 years old), and school staff were registered using a web-based application between 4 January 2021 and 13 June 2021. During the study period, 6272 episodes of infection in schools were identified; 87% were linked to a student index case and 13% to school staff; 69% generated no secondary cases; 24% generated one or two; and only 7% caused more than two. Our data may help to clarify the role of school closures, providing useful input for decisions in the months to come. Good practice in public health management needs tools that provide a real-time interpretation of phenomena like COVID-19 outbreaks. The proposed measures should be easy to adopt and accessible to policymakers.
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author	Michele Tonon Filippo Da Re Chiara Zampieri Michele Nicoletti Riccardo Caberlotto Francesco Paolo De Siena Gaia Lattavo Anil Minnicelli Alberto Zardetto Benedetta Sforzi Elisa Ros Michele Mongillo Alessandro Scatto Elena Vecchiato Vincenzo Baldo Silvia Cocchio Francesca Russo
author_facet	Michele Tonon Filippo Da Re Chiara Zampieri Michele Nicoletti Riccardo Caberlotto Francesco Paolo De Siena Gaia Lattavo Anil Minnicelli Alberto Zardetto Benedetta Sforzi Elisa Ros Michele Mongillo Alessandro Scatto Elena Vecchiato Vincenzo Baldo Silvia Cocchio Francesca Russo
author_sort	Michele Tonon
title	Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021
title_short	Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021
title_full	Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021
title_fullStr	Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021
title_full_unstemmed	Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021
title_sort	surveillance of outbreaks of sars-cov-2 infections at school in the veneto region: methods and results of the public health response during the second and third waves of the pandemic between january and june 2021
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/59fc92d853ca4349be276d86ca5c4234
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Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021

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