Study suggests childcare workers not at higher risk for COVID-19A large study of childcare providers in Pediatrics today found that childcare staff were not at higher risk for COVID-19 during the early months of the US pandemic.Recent research suggests that children are unlikely to be the source of COVID-19 household outbreaks, but the role of children in the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has not been fully defined.
A number of studies show low rates of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and spread and mild symptoms in infected children. But other research shows that children shed virus at levels comparable to adults, suggesting that children could be a significant source of community transmission and leading to concerns