Characterising COVID-19 school and childcare outbreaks in Canada in 2021: a surveillance study

• Main Authors: Kaitlin Patterson (Author), Erin McGill (Author), Demy Dam (Author), Anna Bellos (Author), Cameron Mark Coulby (Author), Rachel McCormick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background In January 2021, the Public Health Agency of Canada launched the Canadian COVID-19 Outbreak Surveillance System to monitor outbreaks by setting. Schools and childcare centres were identified as settings of interest, as children play a key role in the transmission chain of other respirator...