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Estimating the impact of school closures on the COVID-19 dynamics in 74 countries: a modelling analysis.
Romain Ragonnet, Angus E Hughes, David S Shipman, Michael T Meehan, Alec S Henderson, Guillaume Briffoteaux, Nouredine Melab, Daniel Tuyttens, Emma S McBryde, James M Trauer.
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Selected country: Belgium
Selected analysis: Base case analysis
- The first panel presents a scenario comparison based on the maximum a-posteriori parameter set.
- The second and third panels present the uncertainty around the estimated epidemic trajectories, as median (black lines), interquartile range (dark shade) and 95% credible interval (light shade).
Relative outcomes
- Positive values indicate a positive effect of school closures on the relevant indicator.
- Negative values indicate that school closures exacerbated the relevant COVID-19 indicator..
|
N infections averted |
% infections averted |
% hospital peak reduction |
N deaths averted |
% deaths averted |
| percentile |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2.5% |
-561169 |
-7.9 |
-26.4 |
-1057 |
-3.2 |
| 25.0% |
49853 |
0.7 |
28.1 |
1965 |
6.1 |
| 50.0% |
216644 |
3.6 |
40.7 |
3381 |
10.2 |
| 75.0% |
558055 |
7.8 |
47.6 |
5834 |
16.0 |
| 97.5% |
2841122 |
24.5 |
69.4 |
14553 |
29.4 |