There is good news for parents who are struggling to find competent and reliable daycare in the midst of the pandemic — a new study from France shows the spread of the coronavirus in day care centers is very low. The study found that if children had any symptoms, they were usually mild and it was rare for a child to be sick enough to be hospitalized.
"Young children are not spreading the virus widely in these environments," said study co-author Dr. Camille Aupiais, of Hôpital Jean-Verdier in Paris. "These findings should be reassuring for parents and staff at day care centers, especially given that the children included in the study have parents who are keyworkers and are thought to be at higher risk during the first wave of the epidemic."
Children with coronavirus antibodies were likely infected by an adult in their home, rather than by someone at day care, according to the study. Researchers noted that it’s still unknown whether young children are more or less susceptible to new, more infectious variants of the virus.
SOURCE: Drugs.com February 9, 2021