Back to school, general wearing of masks, diagnostic and serological tests, vulnerable groups, research, tracing and isolation of patients… Many challenges remain to be met before the end of confinement announced from May 11.
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1. Do children help spread the virus?
"From May 11, we will gradually reopen nurseries, schools, colleges and high schools," said Emmanuel Macron during his television address. At the risk of relaunching the epidemic by offering an ideal means of transport to Sars-Cov-2? The major role of children in the spread of respiratory viruses is well documented, but to date has not been proven for the new coronavirus. Children are more susceptible to the flu than adults.
Their ability to transmit the virus is stronger, and lasts longer. They are the cause of more secondary cases in homes than their parents. Finally, their social contacts are numerous and difficult to channel in a playground. "The school constitutes an area of amplification of
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