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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: Ireland
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% |
-728360 |
-13.2 |
-103.9 |
-2446 |
-26.7 |
| 25.0% |
-127657 |
-2.5 |
-10.4 |
-689 |
-7.6 |
| 50.0% |
40309 |
0.8 |
5.8 |
63 |
0.5 |
| 75.0% |
369346 |
6.7 |
30.3 |
1182 |
12.2 |
| 97.5% |
1512839 |
29.7 |
66.1 |
5336 |
38.7 |