COVID-19 didn't spread among school bus riders, Virginia study findsA study yesterday in the Journal of School Health finds that while 39 elementary and high school students in a Virginia public school district rode school buses while infected with SARS-CoV-2, investigators found no evidence of viral transmission to other students or adults.A team led by Eastern Virginia Medical School researchers tested all 1,154 in-person students in grades 1 to 12 every 1 or 2 weeks in the first 7 months of the 2020-21 school year, during the period of highest community transmission.Fifteen school buses with 462 riders ran at near capacity, with two or three students in each seat and universal face coverings.
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