Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advisory Sub-Group on Education and Children's Issues - children, schools, early learning and childcare settings - evidence summary
Summary report of the evidence on children, schools, early learning and childcare settings and transmission from COVID-19.
Footnotes
1. NB: these children do not participate in regular testing under the schools asymptomatic testing programme, but are recommended to undertake an asymptomatic test if they receive a warn and inform letter before returning to school, and are also eligible to test to shorten isolation and to leave isolation as contacts with daily negative LFDs.
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