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Mitigation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Germany included school closures in early March 2020. After reopening in April, preventive measures were taken in schools. We analysed national surveillance system data on COVID-19 school outbreaks during different time periods. After reopening, smaller outbreaks (average: 2.2/week) occurred despite low incidence in the general population. School closures might have a detrimental effect on children and should be applied only cautiously and in combination with other measures.

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Surveillance of COVID-19 school outbreaks, Germany, March to August 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Eveline+Otte+im+Kampe&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Otte im Kampe Eveline</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ann-Sophie+Lehfeld&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lehfeld Ann-Sophie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Silke+Buda&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Buda Silke</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Udo+Buchholz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Buchholz Udo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Walter+Haas&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Haas Walter</a></span>. Surveillance of COVID-19 school outbreaks, Germany, March to August 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(38):pii=2001645. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.2001645" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.2001645</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 09 Sept 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 23 Sept 2020 </span> </p>
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