Research on children’s infection rates, symptoms and transmission of COVID-19
This section is a collection of research studies and news articles related to children and COVID-19. The list is far from exhaustive but provides readers with information posted on our website that has been published globally regarding children’s infection, symptoms and transmission of COVID-19.
Additional new articles, policy recommendations and research related to child care and COVID-19 can be found using CRRU’s child care and COVID-19 ISSUE file. [1]
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This section is a collection of research studies related to children and COVID-19. The list is far from exhaustive but provides readers with information posted on our website that has been published globally regarding children’s infection, symptoms and transmission of COVID-19.
Limited secondary transmission of SARS-COV2 in child care programs — Rhode Island, June 1–July 31, 2020 [4]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 August 2020
Children and COVID-19: State data report [5]
Children’s Hospital Association & American Academy of Pediatric Medicine, 30 July 2020
Age-related differences in nasopharyngeal severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Sars-Cov-2) levels in patients with mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [6]
JAMA Pediatrics, 30 July 2020
Rapid review: What is the specific role of daycares and schools in COVID-19 transmission? [7]
McMaster University, 24 July 2020
School openings across the globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks [8]
Science Mag, 7 July 2020
Neurologic and radiographic findings associated with COVID-19 infection in children [9]
American Medical Association/ JAMA Neurology, 1 July 2020
Children and COVID-19 [10]
Government of the Netherlands/ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Updated July 2020
Understanding the age divide in COVID-19: Why are children overwhelmingly spared? [11]
American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 25 June 2020
Addressing the indirect effects of COVID-19 on the health of children and young people [12]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 24 June 2020
Covid-19: Researchers question policy of closing schools after finding under 20s have low susceptibility to virus [13]
British Medical Journal, 17 June 2020
COVID-19: Recommendations for school reopening [14]
Hospital for Sick Children, 17 June 2020
COVID-19 is “very different” in young kids versus adults [15]
The Scientist, 16 June 2020
Why children avoid the worst coronavirus complications might lie in their arteries [16]
Nature, 11 June 2020
Can children transmit the new coronavirus to other people? [17]
Full Fact, 19 May 2020
Systematic review of COVID-19 in children shows milder cases and a better prognosis than adults [18]
Acta Paediatrica, 20 May 2020
Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the COVID-19 pandemic - A systematic review [19]
Acta Paediatrica, 19 May 2020
COVID-19 in children and the dynamics of infection in families [20]
Pediatrics, 12 May 2020
Should schools reopen? Kids’ role in pandemic still a mystery [21]
Science, 4 May 2020
UK overview of scientific advice and information on coronavirus (COVID-19) [22]
Government of UK, May 2020
Summary: What is the evidence for transmission of COVID-19 by children [or in schools]? [23]
Usher Network for COVID-19 Evidence Reviews, 6 May 2020
No evidence of secondary transmission of COVID-19 from children attending school in Ireland [24], 2020
Euro Surveill, May 2020
The role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), 1st update - a rapid review [25]
Norweigan Institute of Public Health, 30 April 2020
Impact of school closures for COVID-19 on the US health-care workforce and net mortality: A modelling study [26]
The Lancet, 3 April 2020
COVID-19 transmission and children: The child is not to blame [27]
Pediatrics, 18 March 2020
Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children in China [28]
Pediatrics, 1 March 2020
This section is a collection of news articles related to children and COVID-19. The list is far from exhaustive but provides readers with information posted on our website that has been published globally in news media regarding children’s infection, symptoms and transmission of COVID-19.
Additional new articles, policy recommendations and research related to child care and COVID-19 can be found using CRRU’s child care and COVID-19 ISSUE file.
Limited transmission of COVID-19 found in U.S. childcare study, CDC says [29]
Retuters, 22 August 2020
How do you detect the young silent spreaders of coronavirus as Canadian schools reopen? [30]
CBC News, 15 August 2020
Ontario doctors seeking kids for study about how COVID-19 spreads in a classroom [31]
CP24, 11 August 2020
What we are learning about Covid-19 and kids [32]
The Guardian, 9 August 2020
Half of newly reported COVID-19 cases in Ottawa are children under 9, OPH reports [33]
Ottawa Matters, 9 August 2020
Education workers especially worried about COVID-19, INSPQ polls finds, [34]
Montreal Gazettle 4 August 2020
Review of COVID-19 spread by kids offers comfort about schools reopening, prof says [35]
CBC News, 2 August 2020
Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus [36]
CNN, 30 July 2020
Kids are not major source of COVID-19 spread, McMaster research review finds [37]
CBC News, 29 July 2020
Reviews find children not major source of COVID-19, but family stress is high [38]
McMaster University, 28 July 2020
Children over age 10 spread COVID-19 as much as adults, study finds [39]
CTV News, 19 July 2020
Nova Scotia plans full return to classrooms this fall [40]
Global News, 16 July 2020
Schools have low coronavirus infection rate, German study finds [41]
CNBC, 14 July 2020
The long-term biological effects of COVID-19 stress on kids’ future health and development [42]
The Conversation, 12 July 2020
Children rarely transmit COVID-19, doctors write in new commentary [43]
University of Vermont, 10 July 2020
Are kids key vectors in the spread of COVID-19 or not? U of C scientists want to know [44]
CBC News, 3 July 2020
Children with coronavirus may have neurological instead of respiratory symptoms, study suggests [45]
Independent, 1 July 2020
Coronavirus: Most children 'experience only mild disease' [46]
BBC, 26 June 2020
Pandemic poses indirect physical, mental health consequences for children: study [47]
CTV News, 25 June 2020
Most kids do not get severe COVID-19: Large study confirms [48]
TIME, 25 June 2020
Is it safe to reopen schools? These countries say yes [49]
Wall Street Journal, 31 May 2020
COVID-19 precision health genomics for children [50]
Genome Alberta, 26 May 2020
Children do not appear to be COVID-19 'super-spreaders' [51]
Ottawa Citizen, 26 May 2020
The coronavirus’ effect on kids remains an unsolved mystery. Here are the clues so far [52]
Business Insider, 24 May 2020
Children half as likely as adults to get coronavirus, study says [53]
The Guardian, 22 May 2020
Why the coronavirus hits kids and adults so differently [54]
The Atlantic, 15 May 2020
Consensus is emerging that children are less vulnerable to coronavirus [55]
Wall Street Journal, 27 April 2020
Closing schools has only a minor role in suppressing COVID-19 [56]
Medical News Today, 14 April 2020
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[2] https://childcarecanada.org/resources/issue-files/research-children-and-covid-19/research-articles
[3] https://childcarecanada.org/resources/issue-files/research-children-and-covid-19/news-and-magazine-articles
[4] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/08/limited-secondary-transmission-sars-cov2-child-care
[5] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/08/children-and-covid-19-state-data-report
[6] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/08/age-related-differences-nasopharyngeal-severe-acute
[7] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/rapid-review-what-specific-role-daycares-and-schools-covid
[8] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/school-openings-across-globe-suggest-ways-keep-coronavirus
[9] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/neurologic-and-radiographic-findings-associated-covid-19
[10] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/04/children-and-covid-19
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[14] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/covid-19-recommendations-school-reopening
[15] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/covid-19-very-different-young-kids-versus-adults
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[18] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/systematic-review-covid-19-children-shows-milder-cases-and
[19] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/children-are-unlikely-be-main-drivers-covid-19-pandemic
[20] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/covid-19-children-and-dynamics-infection-families
[21] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/05/should-schools-reopen-kids-role-pandemic-still-mystery
[22] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/05/overview-scientific-advice-and-information-coronavirus
[23] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/05/what-evidence-transmission-covid-19-children-or-schools
[24] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/no-evidence-secondary-transmission-covid-19-children
[25] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/05/covid-19-pandemic-role-children-transmission-sars-cov-2
[26] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/04/us-modelling-study-estimates-impact-school-closures-covid
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[32] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/08/what-we-are-learning-about-covid-19-and-kids
[33] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/08/half-newly-reported-covid-19-cases-ottawa-are-children-under-9-oph-r
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[35] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/08/review-covid-19-spread-kids-offers-comfort-about-schools-reopening-p
[36] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/08/study-finds-higher-viral-load-young-children-raising-questions-about
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[45] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/07/children-coronavirus-may-have-neurological-instead-respiratory-sympt
[46] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/06/coronavirus-most-children-experience-only-mild-disease
[47] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/06/pandemic-poses-indirect-physical-mental-health-consequences-children
[48] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/06/most-kids-do-not-get-severe-covid-19-large-study-confirms
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