Trends in SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in school staff, students and their household members from 2020 to 2022 in Wales, UK: an electronic cohort study.
Emily LowthianHoda AbbasizanjaniStuart BedstonAshley AkbariLaura Elizabeth CowleyRichard FryRhiannon K OwenJoseph HollinghurstIgor RudanJillian BeggsEmily MarchantFatemeh TorabiSimon de LusignanTom CrickGraham MooreAziz SheikhRonan A LyonsPublished in: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (2023)
Public health bodies should be informed of the protection COVID-19 vaccines afford, with more research being required for younger populations. Furthermore, schools require additional support in managing new, highly transmissible variants. Further research should examine the mechanisms between child deprivation and SARS-CoV-2 infection.