Background In response to the spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 and the impact of COVID‐19,
national and subnational governments implemented a variety of measures in order to control …

As countries in Europe implement strategies to control the COVID-19 pandemic, different
options are chosen regarding schools. Through a stochastic age-structured transmission …

COVID-19 led to school closures and emergency remote learning. This paper analyzes
school closures during the pandemic using a unique data base. The determinants of the …

The role of school-based contacts in the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 is incompletely
understood. We use an age-structured transmission model fitted to age-specific …

Plain language summary Were measures taken by schools to contain the COVID‐19
pandemic effective? Key messages• Overall, results suggested that a range of school …

In the recent COVID-19 pandemic, mathematical modeling constitutes an important tool to
evaluate the prospective effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and to …

Are schools triggering the diffusion of the Covid-19? This question is at the core of an
extensive debate about the social and long-run costs of stopping the economic activity and …

There are contrasting results concerning the effect of reactive school closure on SARS-CoV-
2 transmission. To shed light on this controversy, we developed a data-driven computational …

As several countries around the world are planning exit strategies to progressively lift the
rigid social restrictions implemented with lockdown, different options are being chosen …

Background Schools were closed in England on 4 January 2021 as part of increased
national restrictions to curb transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The UK government reopened …