Are children contagious with the corona virus?

All doubts could not be completely cleared up at the media conference with federal experts on Friday. Larger studies are urgently needed to bring further insights, the scientists write in the study published on Friday by the scientific Covid-19 task force of the federal government. Until then, uncertainties should be clearly communicated – also with a view to reopening schools and allowing sporting activities.

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“It cannot be ruled out that children can pass on the virus,” said Matthias Egger, President of the Federal Task Force. However, they were less often infected than adults. The risk of infection is about a third as great as in adults. That means in plain language: “So this epidemic is not driven by the children,” said Egger. They didn’t play an important role in this epidemic. Epidemiology Marcel Salathé also supported this statement.

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«Sick children can of course pass the virus on»

So there is no problem if the schools are opened now, Koch emphasized his statements of the past weeks. “There will be no epidemic between the children.” Hugs of toddlers with grandparents are also not problematic.

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Koch emphasized that his statements apply to healthy children. “Sick children can of course pass the virus on.” But sick children did not belong in school or in the grandparents’ house.

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The danger of a second wave

The federal experts have also made it clear that there is still a risk of a second corona wave. Matthias Egger, President of the Confederation’s Scientific Task Force, considers this to be “in principle possible”. Because many people have not yet gone through the disease. The protective measures that continue to apply are intended to prevent this scenario.

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If the population continues to adhere to the distance and hygiene measures, a second wave can be prevented, said Egger. Koch also appealed to the discipline again: “Epidemics arise from the behavior of people, not from the virus itself.”

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The federal government prepares comprehensive contact tracing

At the same time, all infected people and their contact persons are to be tracked across Switzerland and sent to quarantine. This is possible because the number of new coronavirus cases continues to decline. With this containment strategy, one tries to strictly prevent the spread of the virus, said Koch.

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The canton of Zug had always followed this strategy. After a positive laboratory result, the infected were contacted first in order to identify any contact persons, said the cantonal doctor in Zug. Infected and contact persons were then quarantined. The understanding of the measure was great.

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