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Safe Practices For Preventing Covid-19 Among School-Aged Children, Meleena Reyelle Banda-Garcia
Safe Practices For Preventing Covid-19 Among School-Aged Children, Meleena Reyelle Banda-Garcia
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Communicable diseases and infections are common health problems among children. Among the most impactful communicable diseases present today is COVID-19, a disease caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2, which has forced many school closures due to rapid transmission. Despite children not being the main driving factor of the spread of the disease, severe complications underlying COVID-19 incidence have resulted in increased hospitalization among school-age children.The initial global response to the spread of COVID-19 included the closure of school systems; however as the disease continues to be effectively managed, communities are starting to re-open schools partially or entirely nationwide. Although pharmaceutical …