US modelling study estimates impact of school closures for COVID-19 on US health-care workforce and associated mortality
Saturday, April 4, 2020 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
US policymakers considering physical distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 face a difficult trade-off between closing schools to reduce transmission and new cases, and potential health-care worker absenteeism due to additional childcare needs that could ultimately increase mortality from COVID-19, according to new modelling research.