Forcing children to isolate is ‘needless’ and daily testing of Covid contacts in schools drastically reduces staff and pupil absences without increasing infections, Oxford University study says
The Daily Mail says: Daily testing of Covid contacts in schools drastically reduces staff and pupil absences without increasing infections, a study suggests.
The policy proved just as effective at preventing outbreaks as sending home an entire ‘bubble’ for ten days when someone tested positive.
Fewer than one close contact in 50 was infected under either regime, researchers from Oxford University say.
But daily testing was significantly less disruptive to children’s education and could reduce days lost to self-isolation by 39 per cent, the scientists said. NHS Test and Trace said the study was ‘trailblazing’ for showing daily testing can safely keep pupils in class.
It comes after official figures showed a record 1.05million children were absent from school for Covid-related reasons last week.
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