Modelling results on the impact of COVID-19 testing in schools

The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread health, wellbeing, and economic impacts, both from the disease itself and from the measures put in place to try to control it. By mid-April, 2020, school closures had impacted 94% of the world's students, with the duration and impact of closures varying substantially by country.1 As new variants rise and fall, it is vital to understand ways to minimise both educational and social disruption by keeping schools open while also reducing the spread of infection