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Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical COVID-19 intervention measures in schools

Graz University of Technology     |     Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Jana Lasser     |     jana.lasser@tugraz.at     |     @janalasser

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(1) Can outbreaks be controlled with non-pharmaceutical measures?

(2) What measures work best?

(3) How many measures are necessary?

Interaction	Duration	Proximity	Type
household	very long	very close	household
table neighbours	long	close	K1
teachers, long meeting	long	close	K1
teaching, supervision	long	close	K1
classmates, daycare mates	long	far	K2
teachers, short meeting	short	close	K2

Data from Austrian health agency (AGES) cluster tracing.

Data from Austrian health agency (AGES) cluster tracing.

(1) Measure combinations can prevent frequent large outbreaks.

(2) Testing and ventilation are sufficient to contain (most) outbreaks.

(3) Risk in primary schools is lower, mainly due to organisational aspects.

(4) Results are highly sensitive to bad measure implementation and more infectious variants.

Simulation package "small comunity SEIRX" (Python):
https://pypi.org/project/scseirx