PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Koji Wada
AU  - Nobuhiko Okabe
AU  - Yugo Shobugawa
TI  - Infection and transmission of COVID-19 among students and teachers in schools in Japan after the reopening in June 2020
AID  - 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000854
DP  - 2020 Sep 01
TA  - BMJ Paediatrics Open
PG  - e000854
VI  - 4
IP  - 1
4099  - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000854.short
4100  - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000854.full
SO  - BMJ Paediatrics Open2020 Sep 01; 4
AB  - We aimed to investigate the confirmed COVID-19 cases among students and teachers in elementary schools (ages 6–12 years) and junior high schools (ages 13–15 years) in Japan between 1 June and 31 July 2020. We requested all schools to provide reports when students or teachers tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 207 cases were reported among students. Household transmission was identified as the dominant transmission route, confirmed in 71.4% of elementary schools and 60.3% of junior high schools. A total of 39 cases were reported among teachers, of which transmission route was unknown in 72.4% of elementary schools and 90.0% of junior high schools.