Title:
COVID-19 school closures in South Africa and their impact on children
Author:
Servaas van der Berg, Stellenbosch University
Published:
The Conversation, 14 July 2020
https://theconversation.com/covid-19-school-closures-in-south-africa-and-their-impact-on-children-141832
From the article:
When the new coronavirus rapidly spread across the globe, evidence of its effect on children was still scanty and closing schools seemed the responsible thing to do.
Now that there is more evidence, my colleague Nic Spaull and I have investigated whether the gradual reopening of schools in South Africa is in the best interest of children.
We drew from many data sources and paid greatest attention to the accumulating evidence on the age patterns of infection and mortality around the globe.