Considerations for school closure

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  This document is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being updated. Please go to COVID-19 site for more recent information.
  
  Recommendations on school closure based on available science, reports from other countries and consultation with school health experts.
  
  Closing schools early in the spread of disease for a short time (e.g., 2 weeks) will be unlikely to stem the spread of disease or prevent impact on the health care system, while causing significant disruption for families, schools, and those who may be responding to COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings. It may also increase impact on older adults who care for grandchildren. Waiting to enact school closures until at the correct time in the epidemic (e.g., later in the spread of disease) combined with other social distancing interventions allows for optimal impact despite disruption.
  
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  considerations-for-school-closure.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control/methods Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19/prevention & Control Decision Trees Disease Outbreaks Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & Control Schools
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Decision Trees
• Pages in Document:
  6 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha256:b9b1f40fe4ba1342578d68c3f64e7cb27b3945ab598c6ae0ae520e3ab3315e00
• Download URL:
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