Many schools in Denmark reopened last month, including this one in Copenhagen where students are spaced far apart to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
By Gretchen Vogel, Jennifer Couzin-FrankelScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.For families eager for schools to throw open their doors, the tale of a 9-year-old British boy who caught COVID-19 in the French Alps in January offers a glimmer of hope.
The youngster, infected by a family friend, suffered only mild symptoms; he enjoyed ski lessons and attended school before he was diagnosed.
Astonishingly, he did not transmit the virus to any of 72 contacts who were tested. His two siblings didn’t become infected, even though other germs spread readily among