Children and adolescents in the CoVid-19 pandemic: Schools and daycare centers are to be opened again without restrictions. The protection of teachers, educators, carers and parents and the general hygiene rules do not conflict with this

• Main Authors: Walger, Peter (Author), Heininger, Ulrich (Author), Knuf, Markus (Author), Exner, Martin (Author), Popp, Walter (Author), Fischbach, Thomas (Author), Trapp, Stefan (Author), Hübner, Johannes (Author), Herr, Caroline (Author), Simon, Arne (Author), German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH) (Author), German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI) (Author), German Academy for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (DAKJ) (Author), Society of Hygiene, Environmental and Public Health Sciences (GHUP) (Author), Professional Association of Pediatricians in Germany (bvkj e.V.) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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In the opinion of the medical societies of hygiene and pediatrics undersigning the present statement, the analyses published to date regarding transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the course of CoVid-19 show that children play a much less significant role in the spread of the virus than do adults.Accordin...