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Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) coronavirus (COVID-19) statement on 3 April 2020

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A statement from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee about COVID-19 in children and early childhood and learning centres.

The AHPPC has been asked to consider the issue of COVID-19 in children and management of Early Childhood and Learning Centres (ECLC) in relation to the community transmission of COVID‑19.

Emerging epidemiologic reports on COVID-19 in children show that, while they are less likely than adults to be infected and have severe illness, they are still vulnerable to the pandemic coronavirus.The Committee’s advice is that pre‑emptive closures are not proportionate or effective as a public health intervention to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 at this time.

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